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I mean all of this with kindness and helpful intent: I think you’re asking the wrong question, and probably from a place of undeserved insecurity. Let me try t
by eyelidlessness 5y ago
I mean all of this with kindness and helpful intent: I think you’re asking the wrong question, and probably from a place of undeserved insecurity. Let me try to reframe it:
- Are you relatively confident that you’re talented, or delivering meaningful value, or motivated and capable of learning to do so in your role?
- If previous answer is no, do you feel comparatively competent to your peers?
- If previous answer is no, do your peers generally treat/regard you as such?
- If previous answer is yes, is it possible you’re feeling the impostor syndrome most of us do?
- Regardless of the previous answer, if you’ve come this far… is it possible you might be a better fit elsewhere?
I could start and end with that last question, but there’s value in assessing the others.
Ultimately, even if you might be replaceable by lower cost labor and even if there might be some desire to replace you… you’ll still be competing in a market where lots of people are WFH, and where employers will be competing for you even more.
But if any of the above applies, it may be an opportunity to feel more secure in your current position, or to seek a role where you do.
I’m saying this as someone who’s WFH almost all of my 20ish year career (gawd I’ve lost count I’m that old, and that’s definitely a career future concern), and even through many versions of feeling insecure about my career future I continuously come back to “yeah I might eventually not be valued or have a future here, but I’m more skilled and in demand than ever.”