Hey,
Everyone tells you to find a mentor. Get in front of someone senior. Build relationships with people who can open doors.
That’s not bad advice. But it’s not where the real value is.
The relationships that changed my career the most were with people at a similar level as me. Not way above. Not way below. Right alongside.
Before I had any kind of role in football, I was sharing work online and connecting with other people doing the same thing. We’d message each other, swap ideas, give feedback on each other’s analysis. None of us had jobs in the industry.