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After a while you get pigeonholed. You can hop jobs easily but it is the same shit, different name on the building. It is often easier to pivot inside a compan
by stonemetal 10y ago
After a while you get pigeonholed. You can hop jobs easily but it is the same shit, different name on the building. It is often easier to pivot inside a company then jump to a new company.
- sverhagen 10y agoPersonally I would appreciate when those who got pigeonholed into finding their consecutive jobs "the same sh*t" don't foreshadow that onto those yet to graduate. It's good that those coming into the job market newly know what to look out for, but the opportunities mentioned by the previous poster also mean that you can steer away from such shotty (I'm going with the auto-complete here) jobs... if you choose so.
- indemnity 10y agoAgreed. I've been a sysadmin, tech support nerd, developer, architect and now product manager. With each switch the value you bring jumps. Next switch is likely starting a business. 37 y.o., still not tired of this! I can see how someone could get bitter if they stayed in the same role/position most of their career, but in my experience this has tended to be people with a negative outlook/attitude/chip on shoulder in general... It really is what you make of it, people are people wherever you go, some are dicks, some are not. Just accept the reality of the game and deal with it. You don't need to spread your aura of doom everywhere you go.
- eru 10y agoI found it pretty easy so far. But I am willing to relocate intercontinentally---so there's less pressure on me to agree to the pigeonholing anyone might want to attempt.