• @alyth
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    89 months ago

    someone with connections

    cronyism, nepotism

    goes hand in hand :)

    • @RagingRobot
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      29 months ago

      Knowing another person is not a skill lol

      • @IonAddis
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        9 months ago

        No, but knowing people and being so persuasive they’ll come do shit for you and your team is a skill.

        I’ve had bosses that were very affable and able to talk just anyone around and it truly is a useful skillet

        Edit…skillset, even

        • @[email protected]
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          39 months ago

          So many people in IT don’t understand this. I’m glad I did a lot of customer service while programming was still just a hobby.

          Developing the product or supporting the product dev team in some way (tech support, project managers, etc) is great, but if the company doesn’t have people to schmooze other people to give them money, your product doesn’t have much financial value.