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> you're not going to advance your career at a place you don't do your best in Hard disagree. I've worked at a lot of places where I was frustrated, didn't gi
by dudul 5y ago
> you're not going to advance your career at a place you don't do your best in
Hard disagree. I've worked at a lot of places where I was frustrated, didn't give a damn and felt like I was completely underperforming. And yet, my career has been advancing both in terms of title and earnings. So, unless you have a different metric for "advancing your career" I disagree.
That being said, I agree with your main point :)
- Daishiman 5y agoYou can advance your title and earnings while also simultaneously not lose your will to live. I've done the whole money+title things at places where my work barely made any impact. You'll pay for it later on; 40+ hours of weekly grind takes a toll on your mind and body.
- dudul 5y agoI dont disagree. The parent's only metric was "advancing your career". Not being happy or feeling fulfilled or anything else. If the only thing you focus on is career advancement, you don't need to be at a great place that makes you the most productive.
- sevagh 5y agoAgreed with this. Oftentimes, you even _have_ to painfully grind out advancements in your career from unfulfilling, unhappy places, because amazing jobs aren't abundant and you have to eat (and also you have to have experience and a resume to apply for amazing jobs).
- OJFord 5y agoBut how do you know you wouldn't have advanced more if you'd been doing better? It seems sort of trivially true to me, excepting any workplaces that are simultaneously soul-sucking and growth-prospect-full, in such an outsized way that it's better to underperform there than overperform elsewhere...
- dudul 5y agoIrrelevant. The parent didn't say "optimally advance your career".