One of those things about becoming an adult and a professional is that you aspire to have a career, not just a job. And for most of my post-college life, I thought I had just that. Good corporate job, lots of resources, lots of opportunties. Management even made career development a major talking point.
Unfortunately, that’s all they made it: talk. The impetus for action is thrown onto you, along with every other responsibility. While a career is something that you certainly own more than anyone else, you can’t build one alone. In particular, taking on greater roles and responsibilities requires management’s blessing, or at least their acknowledgement of the accomplishment.
In the last six years, I’ve put in a lot of effort, though it never seems to impress the right people or capture the current management fad. And so I’m left with a job that has dwindling prospects of still becoming a satisfying career. I still believe that you need to invest in your career, but like any investment, I’ve learned that it makes all the difference which company you choose.
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