If you're employed, you're probably valued and useful in some respect. I think a much more important question is: what are you being valued for and does that f

If you're employed, you're probably valued and useful in some respect. I think a much more important question is: what are you being valued for and does that fit with your goals? A person who wants to build skills to take on the world's most challenging problems probably doesn't want to be valued for their ability to grind on the tedious tasks or because they look good in marketing materials, for example.