How many professional connections will I make before I find a full-time job?
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1kṀ417
2026
70 connections
expected
74%
Above 5
67%
Above 10
53%
Above 20
47%
Above 40
35%
Above 80
22%
Above 150

Looking for a Fulltime Role.

A "connection" is simply anyone I talk to that connects me to a job opportunity that I end up pursuing. This means I have to actually apply to the role advertised to me.

  • A recruiter I work with counts, and only counts as one even if they point me to multiple opportunities

  • Any company I interview with will count as one even if multiple people interview me. They are all pointing me to the "same" position.

    • Anyone I interview with that points me to an opportunity outside their company counts as an additional connection

  • Anyone that comments me to a position I end up pursuing counts. I will add you to the graph.

I have it as a project to construct a a graph of connections using a bidirectional linking tool (e.g. LogSeq, Roam Research, Obsidian etc) that is specifically useful to me since I appear to be terrible at professional networking. :(

I will keep a tally and update it every Sunday here:

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGmnX2hUe4/Lp5RbwVvXQm62VyfphEpDQ/edit?utm_content=DAGmnX2hUe4&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

Note that a contract position does not count. I might take multiple contract positions during my search but the end-goal is a proper full-time job.

  • I am pretty concerned about AI Safety and am going to the Cooperative AI Summer School in 2025. If I find a full-time role in some lab helping somewhere that would certainly count

  • I have just recently completed this AI Engineering Bootcamp

    • Unsurprisingly I will likely mostly be looking for full-time AI Engineering positions

Working resume here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12L610mNQ6ynHeiekkfGaJTMazDpLn94o/view?usp=drive_link

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