Ever work for a corporation and notice there are way more young people than older people? Where are all the older people?
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Remove and go where?
To a job that makes more of your experience, especially if it’s just a lateral move. You’ll know you’ll there when you start quantifying every single thing you do at work as gross vs net benefit. Make yourself as indispensable as you possibly can. That may mean doing the boring, monotonous, difficult, time-consuming, or downright dirty jobs, but the fact you can/will/understand how to do them is key. Eventually tptb will come to you bc asking anyone isn’t worth it, as well as the other coworkers will be happy bc they didn’t want to do those jobs anyway. It’s a win/win that far too many people fail, but it’s the easiest trick in the book to find your way out of being enslaved to a desk with 8 hours of the same old thing 40 hours a week.
Im interested but not sure where to seek these roles out. It's either that or going back to toxic corporate
Didn’t answer earlier bc it’s a hard concept to explain. Become a fixer of shit, and your services will be indispensable. The key is, you have to have mentally mastered the shit your own self, and so you no longer see it as shit, which means everyone looks to you to get it done. It can be the stupidest job on planet earth, but if you’re the only one willing or knowledgeable to do it, then you’re the the most valuable employee to them. Now, have 10 of those skills- and you can start writing your own ticket within that job or to move up/out.
Necessity drives invention. Make yourself necessary.
Clear as mud, I know.
The reason it's hard to explain is because this doesn't really exist anymore within most companies.
Most companies don't care about the quality of their products or services, so being better doesn't mean anything.
Learning 10 skillsets means 'hey we can pay this one guy to do 10 things...' then you become too valuable to be promoted...
Your advice is best applied to the self-employed. If you have to work for someone else, do your homework on the employer.