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When asked for IC career advice the first thing I always say is: YOU grow your career and influence. Not management, not the company, YOU. This means constantly advocating for ways to grow: subjects to learn, projects with increased scope, and sometimes new teams or companies.

Matt Klein on Twitter: "Last Week I Sat for an Internal Interview About My Career Progression to High Level IC Engineer, With a Focus on How I've Never Felt I Needed to Become a Manager to Gain Influence. I Thought I Would Share Some of My Career Advice for Aspiring IC "Lifers." Thread!" / Twitter

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The term was “Web 2.0” was first coined in 1999 by technologist Darcy DiNucci, [who wrote](https://substack.com/redirect/e4cd5ce6-e938-4f18-b94a-2aa21489a556?j=eyJ1IjoiMXlmdTFqIn0.qYv5NVQwodvs9yAW1b9IqXxz-UTiPAUp4JXaRMXUArU) , “the first glimmerings of Web 2.0 are beginning to appear, and we are just starting to see how that embryo might develop. The Web will be understood not as screenfuls of text and graphics but as a transport mechanism, the ether through which interactivity happens.”

Dumb and Shameful Until It's Not

Garbage Day

And when you’re afraid of someone’s judgment, you can’t connect with them. You’re too preoccupied with the task of impressing them.

The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

Startupy

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