How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time
It&#x27;s worth remembering this article seems to come from a rather clichéd and narrow frame of reference - overly driven by money and perceived status - one which seems to drive a lot of very similar advisory posts.<p>That&#x27;s cool if it&#x27;s what you want to dedicate your life to, but if you are in a happy position with a great work life balance that encourages and enables you to both improve yourself and - particularly - your non-worklife then that&#x27;s a thing worth holding on to, whatever the article-heavy career gurus seem to be selling you.<p>Edit: as this comment has been significantly upvoted to visibility, I think I should acknowledge jasode&#x27;s (and others) fair point that the author doesn&#x27;t specifically focus on money. While I believe it is an implied strategic goal (which is fine) my concern is with the general over-focus on writing like this with careerism and the corresponding values which are definitely not shared by all. Thanks for the useful counterpoints to my reading.