How I got my job as a consultant

by Matija
(Croatia)

I got my job by saying hi a few times a week.

I've been working for a few years now as a project manager in the IT industry. Every day while walking to work I would walk past a president of one of the big political party. One day, just for fun, I said hi, and walked by him. Of course he greeted me back and went on with his business. We continued to greet each other for the next month or so.

One day I was feeling a bit blue, so I didn't greet him, but he greeted me anyway. I greeted him back and asked if he had time for a coffee. He said yes, we started talking about IT and civil administration and the next day I had a new well paid job working as a full time consultant for the whole county.

This strategy worked because people like being treated nice, but not with a hidden objective.