The quarterly review is three weeks away, and you can already feel the anticipatory dread. Not because you fear criticism, but because you know you’ll sit in that chair, smile politely, and hear: “You’re doing great, just keep it up.” This generic pat on the head tells you nothing about how to advance, what blind … Read more
The factory closed after twelve years, leaving you with expertise in lean manufacturing processes that suddenly apply to nowhere in your town. The software you mastered is now obsolete, replaced by AI tools that write code faster than you ever could. The industry you built your career in is contracting, automating, or moving overseas. But … Read more
It’s been three months since you started your remote job, and you realize with a start that you don’t actually know what your manager’s voice sounds like when she’s not strained through laptop speakers. You’ve never seen the CEO in person, your closest “work friend” is a profile picture that might be from five years … Read more
You return from the three-day industry summit with a bag full of branded pens, a phone full of selfies with people whose names you’ve already forgotten, and a notebook full of bullet points you’ll never review. The receipt in your pocket says $2,400 for registration, $800 for flights, $600 for the hotel, plus $400 for … Read more