The Networking Hack Nobody Talks About

“Just an inspector? You’ve got no tech skills at all?”

The hiring team’s doubt was written all over their faces. I had tried to jump three job tiers at once—from site inspector to software project lead.

On paper, it made no sense.

Yet six months later, I had the job. Not by luck. Not by charm. But by a hack so few talk about: the right kind of networking.

My Odd Path Up

Let me pull back the curtain a bit.

In nine years, I went from:

• Radiographer (With a degree)

• Field inspector (with a hard hat)

• Data analyst (with no formal training)

• Software project manager (with no tech degree)

Each jump should not have worked. The odds were slim.

But I had found a way in. Not by what I knew at first. But by who knew what I could do.