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Hey OP: Thank you for this. Management Operations is such a neglected field. I've just subscribed. I'm my consultancy's ops person (we're +20 people), so its nice to see these topics on HN and elsewhere. I look forward to your content continuing.
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I have become disillusioned by the company I work for, and the industry. After being screwed over and passed over for multiple years, I feel like there's no point in trying to climb the ladder. Why should I try to improve myself for the company's benefit, especially if I'm not going to be rewarded? For reference, I'm a midlevel who has filled the role of senior and even tech lead.
I think the real answer is to improve yourself for your own sake, and with luck those improvements will take you somewhere out of your company or even industry. This is similar to the concept of Scott Adams's Talent Stacking (see https://talentstacking.com/about/ ).
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I think the real answer is to improve yourself for your own sake, and with luck those improvements will take you somewhere out of your company or even industry. This is similar to the concept of Scott Adams's Talent Stacking (see https://talentstacking.com/about/ ).
Maybe I define my self worth outside of my profession. In that case, I wouldn't see additional professional skills as self improvement. If anything, it would be even more of a reason to quit.
I'm sure there's a lot out there that might interest you, that could turn into a profession you actually enjoy. Just a thought :)
Enjoyed this, went to share it with colleagues, now browser says "An unexpected error has occurred." Inspecting in Safari, shows a bunch of 502s from, e.g. https://boringstartupstuff.com/_next/data/pkj6CTeFqKqkg3-grf...
Like the list and your trello responsibility tasks list definitely gonna steal that. I was thinking around the same like you know every company declare annual report every year. So why I don't declare a personal annual report(PAR) on all things that I did, likes, expectations that were in the beginning of the year, what was accomplished, learnings, life lessons, things that got cancelled.... If one continues to do th…
Enjoyed this, went to share it with colleagues, now browser says "An unexpected error has occurred." Inspecting in Safari, shows a bunch of 502s from, e.g. https://boringstartupstuff.com/_next/data/pkj6CTeFqKqkg3-grf...
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Try now! Something weird happened with the dates: https://boringstartupstuff.com/newsletter/nov-24th-2020-fini...
comes right up in Safari, but Chrome (which my colleagues use and I tried/failed at yesterday) is just "Waiting for boringstartupstuff.com" with a blank white screen and a spinner in the tab. If I do a Chrome incognito window, it comes right up.