# The Super Scholar Secret 🤫

**Published by:** [sven](https://paragraph.com/@sven-4/)
**Published on:** 2022-01-15
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@sven-4/the-super-scholar-secret

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Frustrated? Can’t get that scholarship? Here’s why... Learn to think like a manager and you'll get that scholarship much faster... Plus it will train you to become a manager yourself! So let’s get started: What do managers care about most? ❌ Your location? ❌ Your name? ❌ Your age? No… Their investment… They want the project to be a huge success! And to join in on this fun… …you need to act the same 👯 How? Take John… He created a utility website for a play to earn project That showed me he cared… A LOT So I immediately offered him a scholarship👨‍🎓 But you can’t make a website you say? You don’t have to… Simply join the project discord and start showcasing your knowledge Where to get this knowledge? It’s easy… Monitor the discord for a couple days… …and you see the same questions over and over Note the answers… And start helping out Simply redirecting people to the correct channel is an easy one… Anyone can do THAT… Now you’re showcasing an active presence in the project …and managers love this 😍 But how do they know you’re looking for a scholarship? Be creative: add a small note to your username Just don’t turn into a billboard Nobody likes those 👎 If you want to write an application… …then each project has a discord channel for that Post your info in there and go answer questions Because it’s not what you SAY… …but what you DO ✅ Once a good manager sees you helping out, they check your discord history and find your application: keep it light and easy on the eyes use bulleted emojis or codeblocks or graphics etc... If everyone is doing one thing, then you do the opposite So when I quickly scroll through the applications, yours jumps out 🤩 Make an effort because a lazy copy/paste is easy to discover! And use your discord avatar: I once hired a scholar purely based on her avatar While everyone had pictures of their dog, her avatar was gaming-related And I was looking for a gamer, so I hired her 👩‍🎓 Always think -and act- like a manager… It makes you much stronger vs. a “spam and pray” scholar Such spammer thinks: “If I beg all over discord, people will see and hire me” But the manager thinks: “This troublemaker is incapable of following simple rules” …and will hire a positive contributor instead Then once you’re hired: align expectations right away e.g. what’s the promotion schedule and availability requirement? If a manager needs you 24/7 then say goodbye 👋 call your manager by name and not “sir”, “boss”, “lord” etc. You’re an equal human and not a slave. If the manager doesn’t like this then look for a better one found a bug? Report it to the project and copy your manager, instead of simply complaining about it be honest… experienced managers have seen every excuse 1000x already, including yours always keep up-to-date on the latest project news Still reading? Then you earned the golden tip: Bring new play-to-earn games to your manager Do this and see what happens 👍 That’s all I got for you today It’s only a matter of time now till you start leveling up… …from Super Scholar to Mighty Manager And if you understood today’s lesson then you’re already doing your part… …by sharing this message 💌 Else you should probably read it again… Take care, -sven link to original tweet: https://twitter.com/svenowornow/status/1483438341408407563

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