In a corporate structure I haven't found any one pigeonhole I like.
I was fine being an individual contributor because I got to listen to Spotify all day with noise cancelling headphones, while learning new coding techniques and playing the compensation bump game, but only as long as compensation bumps seemed practical and got me closer to my goals which became less true over time, especially as stretching compensation desires came with a lot greater scrutiny and impossible expectations.
Being an executive was fine for compensation goals but I didnt like that it was sales. I didnt like balancing all the relationships. I didnt like that my approach to business as a one-off expedition to the new world isn't matched by people that imagine building a corporate forever-home.
Slimming that down further and leaner in other projects, I do like that my precision strike team can execute fast and that I can contribute in all areas, but its hard to focus.
I’m more satisfied with creative arts, which I used to subsidize with my jobs until those become fulfilling as well, so maybe I can just do art again, since the market for that just got super lucrative.
I was fine being an individual contributor because I got to listen to Spotify all day with noise cancelling headphones, while learning new coding techniques and playing the compensation bump game, but only as long as compensation bumps seemed practical and got me closer to my goals which became less true over time, especially as stretching compensation desires came with a lot greater scrutiny and impossible expectations.
Being an executive was fine for compensation goals but I didnt like that it was sales. I didnt like balancing all the relationships. I didnt like that my approach to business as a one-off expedition to the new world isn't matched by people that imagine building a corporate forever-home.
Slimming that down further and leaner in other projects, I do like that my precision strike team can execute fast and that I can contribute in all areas, but its hard to focus.
I’m more satisfied with creative arts, which I used to subsidize with my jobs until those become fulfilling as well, so maybe I can just do art again, since the market for that just got super lucrative.