What's your career/life advice for a fresher entering industry?

[shivajikobardan]

Pardon me if I can't ask this question here. Kindly delete it.
I am a computer engineering graduate and I am entering industry for the first time. It's more of an internship.
Fresher means a fresh graduate.
What are the things that I should keep in mind.
About myself, I am very Ingenuous/honest/innocent as well as introverted. I'm wondering if that'll seriously hamper my career.

 

[fresh_42]

Never underestimate the human factor!

Even a logically correct decision can damage you if you ignore the human factor. A sailor, at least he proclaimed to be one, once told me when I was a child: "Look out for sharks!"

 

[Frabjous]

Behaviors that work in an academic environment are not necessarily advantageous in industry. Learn the culture.

Be solution, not criticism, focused. Everyone can see the problems.

 

[Dale]

I am very Ingenuous/honest/innocent as well as introverted. I'm wondering if that'll seriously hamper my career.

Introversion is not necessarily something that will hamper your career. However, it is something that you need to be aware of about yourself and be vigilant.

You need to interact well with people. Introversion means that you will always be tired afterward, but it does not mean that you are fundamentally unable to interact well with others. Push yourself out of your comfort zone at work while interacting with others. Then just rest well at home.

 

[symbolipoint]

About myself, I am very Ingenuous/honest/innocent as well as introverted. I'm wondering if that'll seriously hamper my career.

"Ingenious" - not hamper
"honest" - mostly not hamper; better to be this than not at least MOST of the time
"innocent" - maybe hamper. You may need advice from reliable people in industry for specific on-the-grain situations.
"as well as introverted" - not hamper, depending on the general culture of your co-employees (or team).

About your being introverted: Are you either or both of Task-Oriented or People-Oriented?

 

[phinds]

Always keep in mind that whatever you think your "job" is, such as writing code, the company does not fundamentally pay you to do THAT, what they really pay you to do is to add value to the company. Focus on that as you do your "job", whatever it is.

 

[symbolipoint]

Pardon me if I can't ask this question here. Kindly delete it.
I am a computer engineering graduate and I am entering industry for the first time. It's more of an internship.
Fresher means a fresh graduate.
What are the things that I should keep in mind.
About myself, I am very Ingenuous/honest/innocent as well as introverted. I'm wondering if that'll seriously hamper my career.

Another way to think of this:
Who runs the company? Accountants? Salespeople? Engineers?
The answer could tell you how you will fit with the people and with the job.

If the 'engineers' run the company, then you may need to be very competent, and you best to not try to fake this. On another hand, you may just need to be minimally competent, but still again, do not try to fake this.

I missed remembering that part, "more of an internship". If this is a position or situation with a business or company, I say yet the same as I wrote.

 

[shivajikobardan]

my job is customer support engineer.

 

[shivajikobardan]

should I create different user account in my machine for office work? They work in linux.

 

[Dale]

should I create different user account in my machine for office work? They work in linux.

No, it is preferable to use the same PF account from any device you use

 

[jtbell]

I think he means creating a separate login account on his home computer, in order to keep work-related files separate from personal files. A "customer support engineer" may well be working mostly from home.

 

[russ_watters]

The company should be providing a laptop to use for work.

 

[shivajikobardan]

The company should be providing a laptop to use for work.

Yes they provided laptop for use for work.

 

[russ_watters]

Yes they provided laptop for use for work.

Then I don't understand your prior question. Different login account(s) for what?
[Edit]
Actually, the real answer doesn't depend on the follow-up: you should not be making such modifications to your work laptop.

 

[shivajikobardan]

Then I don't understand your prior question. Different login account(s) for what?
[Edit]
Actually, the real answer doesn't depend on the follow-up: you should not be making such modifications to your work laptop.

Now no problem. I didn't know it earlier.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Work computer is for work, and personal laptop is for personal use. Mixing the two seldome ends well.

 

[gmax137]

Work computer is for work, and personal laptop is for personal use. Mixing the two seldome ends well.

I really found this out when I was preparing to retire. 20 years of treating the company laptop as my own. D'oh.

 

[FactChecker]

Be a team player. Do your job well and then keep helping until the task is complete. Do not be the person who will only work when it is proven by others that you have more to do.

 

[symbolipoint]

Be a team player. Do your job well and then keep helping until the task is complete. Do not be the person who will only work when it is proven by others that you have more to do.

I actually followed according to those guidelines for an as-planned medium term job, and the team and chief liked the effort but directly discouraged me from continuing onward that way because of some labor regulations. I prefer to not discuss the details more finely.

 

[FactChecker]

I actually followed according to those guidelines for an as-planned medium term job, and the team and chief liked the effort but directly discouraged me from continuing onward that way because of some labor regulations. I prefer to not discuss the details more finely.

Good point. Union rules are another thing. I am referring more to the non-union, engineering environment.

 

[symbolipoint]

Good point. Union rules are another thing. I am referring more to the non-union, engineering environment.

Continuing that point, the presence of unionization may have been part of the reason that I was given instructions discouraging me to work beyond a certain limit. I said "labor" but I should have been more general and said "work tasks".