• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I never worked in my chosen field and fell into software development instead.

    I wish I could say it made me happy but it’s quite the opposite. I feel out of my depth every day and I’ve never been promoted or such, and I’ve been with the company for almost ten years.

    I’d go do something else but I don’t really have any skills worth mentioning so I guess I’m stuck here until I get fired or am eligible for a pension (not gonna happen btw, there will not be any pensions for gen y and on.

    So I just feel inept and stupid every day. At least it keeps a roof over my head.

    • Fal@yiffit.netEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I wish I could say it made me happy but it’s quite the opposite. I feel out of my depth every day and I’ve never been promoted or such, and I’ve been with the company for almost ten years.

      I’ve learned recently to really ask for the promotions and recognition I feel like I deserve

  • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Staying where you aren’t happy.

    It is rare these days that loyalty and seniority are rewarded how it was depicted in popular media. These days the best way to make more money is to leave and find a new job.

    Never let anyone make you work hard, work hard for you and for your goals.

    In my 20s I didn’t realize how much more valuable my time was compared to the money I was being paid to give it up. The most valuable thing you have is the rest of your life, you’re being paid to give someone else your life for a time.