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I will say that being social and being in a scene at the right time helps a lot -- timing is indeed almost everything.
I concur with that and that's what I tell every single junior/young dev. that asks for advice: get out there and get noticed!
People who prefer to lead more private lives, or are more reserved in general, have far fewer opportunities coming their way, they're forced to take the hard path.
This is wildly condescending. Holy.
Also wtf did I just read. Op said he uses his network to find work. And you go on a rant about how you're rising and grinding to get that bread, and everything you have ever earned completely comes from you, no help from others? Jesus Christ dude, chill out.
>I'm not for/or against a particular style
... so I'm not sure why some of you took offense in my comment, but I can definitely imagine why :)
>Ex-colleagues reach out to me and ask me to work with them
Never happened to me, that's the point I'm making.
1. I wish work just landed at my feet.
2. As that never happened and most likely was never going to happen, I had to learn another set of skills to overcome that.
3. That made me a much more resilient individual.
(4. This is not meant as criticism to @arthurfirst's style. I wish clients just called me and I didn't have to save all that money/time I spend taking care of that)
... so I'm not sure why some of you took offense in my comment, but I can definitely imagine why :)
Because surrounding your extremely condescending take with "just my opinion"-style hedging still results in an extremely condescending take.