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Changing Jobs Before You Are Ready

Molly Struve (she/her) on October 25, 2019

I don't know about you, but for me change flat-out sucks. I hate it with every bone in my body. Consistency, routine, and familiarity are my secur...
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Ben Halpern

Well we're certainly glad you took the leap.

A lot of these points are true in reverse. We need new people to come in and ask questions about how things are done, or why some kind of code exists.

For a sort of mirrored perspective and also totally valid perspective, here is a great post by @annarankin

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Carson Sturtevant

Change forces one to adapt and grow. You cannot expect to get any better or learn something new if you are stuck doing the same things everyday. I took a leap of faith this year and moved across the country and accepted a new job. Best decision I've ever made.

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Nick Taylor

I’ve definitely learnt to always entertain opportunities that are interesting now. It was part of a critical change I made in my career.

Also, even if you don’t feel you completely match the job role, if it’s interesting, still go for it. I generally don’t dole out career advice, but I’ve been posting this one recently quite a bit.

It’s helped at least one person so far, so I’m happy about that.

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Molly Struve (she/her)

LOVE that post!!!!

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Shannon Crabill • Edited

Some of the best advice I've heard is to look for your next job, while you are happy/currently have a job. Making your next move before it gets to "I hate this" could be rolled into that too.

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Chris Finnigan

I'm really glad I'm not the only one who struggles with this!

I'm happy working in my current role. I like my team, the package is good.

However, the industry in my city is really booming right now and there are new opportunities on a daily basis. Everything is interesting, theres more money, better packages...but the unknowns...change...stability...startups...it's so easy to talk yourself out of a great opportunity before you even meet someone to talk about it.

This is something I need to work on in the future!

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Yechiel Kalmenson

OMG! This hit me in all the feels! 🥺

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Laurie

Stop writing from my head. K thnx bye 😂

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Molly Struve (she/her)

😂❤️️

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Ellie S.

Thank you for this, Molly. I really needed to hear this today.

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Olzhas Askar

Good luck at DEV! Hope to see some cool features from you soon!

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🇭🇹 DEDE

Awesome read! 💞

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Josh Duffney

I both really enjoyed this post and got a ton of value from the insights Molly presented. Thank you!