In this episode, Alien and Jester discuss how engineers can turn their worst nightmare, company social events, into opportunities to get ahead in their careers.

With a combined 20 years of experience in the Mechanical and Software Engineering industry, Alien and Jester give advice on multiple aspects of events like happy hours, including how best to prepare, what to do when you actually get to the event, and the most important quality that others are looking for in you.

Follow and message us!

https://anchor.fm/thealienandthejester

https://twitter.com/alien_jester

thealienandthejester@gmail.com

00:00 Intro

01:00 New generations struggling with RTO and office social events

05:45 Advice for these forced office social events

13:00 Playing out a scenario for office happy hour

20:55 How to present yourself

27:15 Use these opportunities to connect with coworkers

31:55 How to deal with awkward moments