This is somewhat parallel to an idea I read on Stack Exchange years ago. I don’t always take notes on comments on internet forums and remember them years later, but some of them are good enough that I find it worth reminding myself from time to time, and this was one of them.
One of the most true things I’ve ever read is that every job pays you in two ways. It pays your bills, and it pays you in knowledge so you can hold a job later (even the same job after the market changes). If either of those stops, it’s time to get a new job. And yes; I left my last job because there was no promotion path. In my case, they offered me the moon and a promotion path after I handed in my resignation, but it was too late—they’d been telling me the same thing for over a year, and I had no proof they’d actually follow up on it.
It came from a comment on this question, and was written by user62890. It isn’t an exact parallel to the “cool” and “status” that Leila Clark is describing, but it is roughly similar enough that I thought I’d share.
This is somewhat parallel to an idea I read on Stack Exchange years ago. I don’t always take notes on comments on internet forums and remember them years later, but some of them are good enough that I find it worth reminding myself from time to time, and this was one of them.
It came from a comment on this question, and was written by user62890. It isn’t an exact parallel to the “cool” and “status” that Leila Clark is describing, but it is roughly similar enough that I thought I’d share.