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What’s good career advice you wouldn’t want to have your name on?

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Re: What’s good career advice you wouldn’t want to have your name on?

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Post by southphillyman »

opportune wrote: post #14
the_watcher wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which FAANG company hasn't been giving you bonuses or refresher grants?

Has to be Amazon or Apple. Probably Amazon due to the skimping on RSUs and bonuses, have heard that they’re upping the PIPs lately

"Upping the PIPs"? Is that a thing? For a company to formally raise the bar across the board as a means to not give bonuses or raises!

I wonder if having Amazon on your resume is a bad signal now. Risk of the candidate being a participant in a toxic environment. Also a signal that the candidate was at Amazon because they couldn't get into other FAANGs (is it common for people to select Amazon over others when holding multiple offers?)

Re: What’s good career advice you wouldn’t want to have your name on?

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Post by adrianpike »

ggm wrote: post #21

Have the courage to stand up for what you believe in, even if it terminates your employment status. I'm only unkeen to have my name on this, because I haven't done it, and I wish several times in the past, I had. I respect the person who did this early in his career in one ISP immensely: it was stunning to watch somebody say "you're full of shit" to the new CEO, and walk out. (he was btw, full of shit)

I think so many of us dream of having the financial freedom to be able to do this. At least for me, that's one of my big drivers to build passive income streams and lifestyle hustles.

Honestly, that's the kind of teammate I deeply love to work with - one who doesn't _need_ the job, but one who _wants_ it and believes in what we're doing.

Re: What’s good career advice you wouldn’t want to have your name on?

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Post by whiddershins »

stencil25 wrote: post #30
ggm wrote: post #21

Have the courage to stand up for what you believe in, even if it terminates your employment status. I'm only unkeen to have my name on this, because I haven't done it, and I wish several times in the past, I had. I respect the person who did this early in his career in one ISP immensely: it was stunning to watch somebody say "you're full of shit" to the new CEO, and walk out. (he was btw, full of shit)

How is that beneficial to someone's career though? Sure, it shows one's morals and standards, but how does that boost one's career?

Well, among other things it can mean you end up in a situation that more closely aligns with your morals.

This has a number of predictable benefits.

Re: What’s good career advice you wouldn’t want to have your name on?

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Post by Judgmentality »

dieterrams2 wrote: post #22
alexis_fr wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I valued my stock options at 0, so I left after 2,5 years in a 4 year vesting. I didn’t believe the company would IPO. It did. The founders were good types, after all. Those 2,5 years are now worth 1,7m$, which after tax is about half. I do wish I had stayed the 4 years, instead of valuing them at 0.

Hindsight is 20/20. It’s all about what the right decision was with the information available to you at the time, not what decision would’ve had the best outcome in retrospect.

Making the right decision at the time but later finding out it was the wrong one just seems like a proclamation that it's better to be lucky than smart. I get what you're trying to say, which is finding solace knowing you did what made sense given the scenario at hand, but it ultimately says you can do the right thing and be punished and do the wrong thing and be rewarded.

That said, I still agree with OP - it's good advice not to put too much stock in stock (unless it's liquid).

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Post by sterkekoffie »

stencil25 wrote: post #30
ggm wrote: post #21

Have the courage to stand up for what you believe in, even if it terminates your employment status. I'm only unkeen to have my name on this, because I haven't done it, and I wish several times in the past, I had. I respect the person who did this early in his career in one ISP immensely: it was stunning to watch somebody say "you're full of shit" to the new CEO, and walk out. (he was btw, full of shit)

How is that beneficial to someone's career though? Sure, it shows one's morals and standards, but how does that boost one's career?

Is a moral career not better than an immoral one...?

Re: What’s good career advice you wouldn’t want to have your name on?

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Post by mnm1 »

Work is irrelevant beyond a paycheck. Don't stress out over anything if it doesn't involve you getting fired. Work as little as possible. Get as much done as you can working as little as possible as long as it doesn't stress you out. Never lose sleep over work. Never work unpaid overtime unless you'll lose your job over it. Never care if your bosses are angry or unhappy as long as it doesn't affect you having a job. Don't let their emotions affect yours. Nothing is important enough at work to go out of your way for. There are others along this line I'd advice. Obviously this doesn't apply if you are a doctor but for most jobs it does.
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