Building your network within a company

On [#stanier-effective-manager], 9th chapter

  • Map out people that you want to be connected to. Try to be smart about it and encompass areas that you normally would be in contact.
  • Reach out proactivelly. Introduce yourself, no offense will be taken, people not interested will just politely declining or ignoring your message.
  • Check in regularly. Define frequency on a per case basis.

#todo: create a list with interesting questions to initialize conversations. The book lists some

[#stanier-effective-manager]: Stanier, Dr. James. Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager. 1st ed. S.l.: Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2020.