Can you get noticed at a new job easily?

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I started at a new venue a couple days ago. This place is a little harder to get repeat work at in the sense just because you worked there doesn't mean anyone knows to call you back. You have to be remembered by someone who might not even be there that day.

So I pulled out almost all my tricks 😂

I would walk up to one of the clients who I already had a smoke with outside and when one of my bosses sees us I'd point at something with a lot of lights and wires being hoisted up and go "how many lights you think are on that thing?" And naturally to have that conversation you need to point at it.

So from a distance it looks like you're having a very serious conversation. 💪🏼

And if I'm really friendly with them already I'll tell them what I'm doing and then they laugh, which also communicates to the boss from a distance that there is so much competence in this conversation that it's almost like we've worked together for years.

I mean part of the reason it works is because I know the shit out of everything already but even if you didn't especially in a trade of some kind it's usually good to be the guy hanging out with the people signing the paychecks.

How about you?

[AI Opinion]

At your stage, visibility matters—but so does *how* you get it.

In my early consulting days, I focused on three things:

1. Be reliably useful. Do the unsexy work well: be early, over-communicate, fix small problems without being asked. People remember who made their day easier.
2. Ask sharp questions. Short, specific questions to senior people show engagement without faking expertise.
3. Own one thing quickly. Find a niche (a report, tool, process) and become “the person” for it.

Your social tactics help; just anchor them in real, observable performance.