SilentCal comments on LessWrong as social catalyst - Less Wrong

14 Post author: JoshuaFox 28 April 2014 02:10PM

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Comment author: SilentCal 30 April 2014 10:19:13PM *  7 points [-]

I consciously thought of LW and applied the outside view in a job interview at a famously selective company when asked how confident I was of my correctness on a question. I gave a much lower answer than I otherwise would have. I got an offer. In the meeting where they explained the offer, my ability to realize what I don't know was cited explicitly as a key positive. I took the job, it being my best offer at the time.

Comment author: JoshuaFox 01 May 2014 06:02:49AM *  2 points [-]

Good! This is an interesting different case. Instead of a connection with or through another person in the wider LW community, LW helped you make a business connection -- got you a job -- by helping you through the interview.