-: I find most people are willing to give people a chance.
Right, and so I think you just need to be clear.
Ask for a chance right?
If you're a little shy about that,
you might write up a project proposal or an email
and send it off to your boss
or talk to your boss about an affiliated group
that they might be working with and say,
"Hey, I've got some ideas about their problem there.
"Is it okay if I spend 20% of my time
"for the next couple months trying to solve those problems
"and see if I can actually have an impact there?"
You have to take a little bit of a risk
and kinda put yourself out there to do it
but I find most people, you know,
the worst they're gonna say is no, that's not the case
and you know, that's a fair answer
but you're basically back where you are
and almost all the time they'll figure out a way.
It might not be exactly what you want
but they'll realize oh interesting,
this person wants to do more,
wants more, like I'm gonna keep an eye out
for opportunities that I can feed to 'em
that are in this space.