Surprises (Part II)<\/p>\n
It’s a huge surprise to me how slowly career moves. Advancement happens after being in a place, learning the right way to do things (often after doing it the wrong way first), and then a lot of timing and luck. <\/p>\n
It’s not how I expected it to happen at all. Not because I didn’t expect to work hard for the advancement, but because I didn’t appreciate everything else that gets in the way. <\/p>\n
Flat organizations make it hard to move. <\/p>\n
Staying and not hopping around makes it hard to move. <\/p>\n
Changing functions makes it hard to move. <\/p>\n
And it was really hard. Friends moved faster. Other opportunities kept showing up. <\/p>\n
But when it happened damn did I feel like I’d earned it. I was wrong \ud83d\ude42 but it felt so good. <\/p>\n
I guess the real lesson is that a 1000 step journey may take longer than it first appears, but getting there is wonderful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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