Karen wants to know some good and bad career advice that we recieved while working.
Some good career advice that I got was from my manager. He told me that it is always good to help out at work. But you gotta keep your nose clean. Be sure to finish your work first before you help some else. Otherwise people begin to tie you up with favors that get in the way of the work you are personally responsible for. This way you stay out of trouble and you're able to help out your co-workers.
Some bad career advice I got came from a friend. He told me to ditch the whole information technology field and consider trading commodities. I told him I could track your inventory for you but I am not going to become a trader. It's always good to stick with stuff you know. After all the reason you're getting paid is because no one else could do it.
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I agree, especially on the commodities. Sooner or later that market is going to crash, too, and I hope it's sooner rather than later so people can afford to buy food and gas again. On the helping people at work, that's good, too. I don't jump in and interfere, but when asked, I try to be as helpful as possible, and do it cheerfully.
Good: not to be so attention-deficit broad focused, I'll never be an expert in everything, so *focus*.
Bad: be less of a leader and more of a yes-person so that I fit in better within my company's consensus culture. Yuck. Unethical, IMHO.
Glad you stayed in IT. :)
That's true you can't be an expert in everything. Our brains are not wired that way. Which is why we need others. Another reason why humans are social animals.
I am glad I stayed to!
Your manager is really smart. I'm glad you followed your own advice and stuck to IT.
That's excellent advice from your manager. And really bad advice from your friend.
And good advice from you, at the end there. :)
Thanks! I try.
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