One day I was sitting in an office with one of my mentors talking about what I want to aspire to become in the future. I talked with her about how ...
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This sentence is great: "Thinking back to my mentor, what stuck with me about her advice was that our careers are iterative just as much as the code we develop.", I'd never really thought about iteration in a career before!
I've been in my current position for coming up to 5 years as part of a 30+ year career, really enjoying the variety and challenges of it but I'm now thinking of where I can "Do work that impacts the world positively", revisiting my reasons for working and looking at family lifestyle changes too.. it's going back to look at those requirements again isn't it?
Thank you for the very kind words Phil!
You hit the nail on the head in my opinion, our careers deserve reflection and reprioritization because quite frankly, our priorities change as we gain experience and wisdom. Things like a salary are always going to be relevant because we all want to be paid fairly. But as we evolve it likely goes from the top priority to maybe somewhere just outside of the top 3? It varies from person to person, but nonetheless, other things have value based on our priorities.
I'm still on level 2, but I'm always telling people that my dream is to one day use my skills to impact the world in a positive way. THAT is true wealth!
Thank you for sharing, I really enjoyed this article.
Neat article. I'm about to move into a new job and I want to get involved in technical decisions and contribute to something meaningful.
Applying to a job with the understanding that you might not need a job, and seeking to do something meaningful is a whole different conversation.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the gracious comments Jaime.
I've done things in reverse so far, life really is a wibbly wobbly path. Although this is important to note, your scale is not mine, so I'm at level G right now 😉
"This means being >intuned< with what we want" - spelling mistake?
Do you mean "This means being in tune with what we want" ?
Nice catch, thank you Sebastian.
Thanks for sharing.
It could be used and applied as a pseudo road map of some sort.
Apparently, I'm on floor 4 ready to move up. Any advise on how to survive alone in business?