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It's about balance. Some companies will pretend they care about your career but at the same time string you along with the least valuable work in terms of build
by Boothroid 9y ago
It's about balance. Some companies will pretend they care about your career but at the same time string you along with the least valuable work in terms of building your skills, or alternately dump unachievable tasks with vertical learning curves and no proper training. Sadly I'm facing the latter right now. Either of them is a sign of cynical or clueless management, and both are in the end toxic for your career IMHO. I'm currently building my skills like mad in order to give myself an exit.
- kzisme 9y ago> string you along with the least valuable work in terms of building your skills I know the feeling. What are you currently doing to build your skills? :)
- Boothroid 9y agoSome places form ideas about their chosen few who then get the good work. It just seems to keep happening in the permie jobs I take. I really want to go contracting so I can get out in 5-10 years time! I'm ploughing through a doorstop book on C#/.NET and using Anki to cement knowledge. After that I figure I'll have a better idea of what I might want to learn in more depth.