Re: Recommendations?
I don't think that's entirely true. But there have to be reasonable expectations.
Yesterday I posted publicly, requesting a manager's email address. I had responses in seconds. And it's an address I couldn't find via google.
A small thing? Sure, in some ways, but they could have read my post, turned off the computer and opened a beer.
But referring to a manager... that's much bigger. That's as dangerous as setting two friends up on a blind date. It could jeopardize all kinds of relationships. Even if they hit it off at first. Which isn't to say that you shouldn't do it, but it requires an intimacy that few people can develop online.
Personally, I'd have to know:
a) The person's talented
b) In need of actual help
c) Not a pr1ck.
Those would be my requirements. And then I would happily refer. But being sure of (c) is very hard to do online, so when I WAS managed, the one referral I made was for someone I knew in real life.
Originally posted by streaker12345
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Yesterday I posted publicly, requesting a manager's email address. I had responses in seconds. And it's an address I couldn't find via google.
A small thing? Sure, in some ways, but they could have read my post, turned off the computer and opened a beer.
But referring to a manager... that's much bigger. That's as dangerous as setting two friends up on a blind date. It could jeopardize all kinds of relationships. Even if they hit it off at first. Which isn't to say that you shouldn't do it, but it requires an intimacy that few people can develop online.
Personally, I'd have to know:
a) The person's talented
b) In need of actual help
c) Not a pr1ck.
Those would be my requirements. And then I would happily refer. But being sure of (c) is very hard to do online, so when I WAS managed, the one referral I made was for someone I knew in real life.
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