#career-growth

#career-growth

Most of my weekday mornings follow the same script. I pull into the drop-off line outside of my twins' elementary school, double-check their backpacks and take a sip of my coffee from my bright pink Yeti cup before it cools. But on a rainy November morning, sitting in the slow-moving line of cars, I found myself deep in thought. Before the doors opened, my twins, 6, reached for my hand, so we could do our quick handshake

A safe anchor point for many senior engineers has always been technical mastery. You see a problem. You design some architecture. You work in a team to crank out some code. You build a complicated system, roll it out at scale, rinse and repeat. This is a happy place for many engineers. Naturally, you think in order to progress, the journey should in theory look something like this. You expect to be rewarded as you take on more technically challenging problems, climbing the ladder.

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Let's start with a story. Let me tell you about Alex. Alex is a staff engineer at a mid-sized tech company. They were promoted six months ago, after years of consistent delivery, mentoring teammates, and driving high impact projects. Alex has always been the go-to person from blocking gnarly tech problems. Leadership told them, you're exactly what we need at the staff level. At first, it felt great.

Workers feel demoralized due to lack of career growth and increasing pressure amid AI job transformations, leading to 'quiet cracking' and disengagement.

The alarming trend of "job hugging" emerges where employees cling to jobs out of fear of economic instability, hindering career advancement.

"While the one-third probability of getting picked in the lottery remains the same since I applied in 2017, the job market when I graduated felt better."

Pursuing a master's degree in finance technology, or fintech, engineering was one of the best decisions I've ever made. My degree allowed me to build on my technical knowledge and gain a deeper understanding of how emerging technologies are transforming financial systems.

Your socioeconomic status can and will affect who you grow up to be.

Ambition is the first and most important factor for career growth. Without ambition, it becomes challenging to advance and achieve professional goals.

It was a physically demanding job, but it didn't bother me. I knew that if I demonstrated a good work ethic, I could work my way up.

Podcasting has never been bigger. It's credited with helping shape the presidential election. Big Tech is coming for its piece of the pie.

"If you look through a certain lens and you're looking for a manager with history of winning titles, then I'm not your man. I've not demonstrated that yet."

When generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney began gaining attention, many designers got nervous. Was AI going to take over our jobs?