This week’s recap features my favorite networking tactic, dozens of book recommendations, and a DM question about how to find an operating partner role.
I’m usually very aligned with your views but I would push back on, “No amount of money is worth violating your own identity or mortgaging you life.”
It’s great advice for a person in your position(an “overnight success” from decades of grinding/putting in the work).
But for many- younger entry level teammates like the one from your question at the top, mid career transitioners, or just those with less options, they need to be pragmatic.
It speaks to governance model- you have the experience, leadership, and track record to work well in a less restrictive/cookie cutter model.
But others like the examples I mentioned(the other 95% of the population) should take the job if the probability is higher than not that company will make them more successful, marketable. Short term(2-5 years) gains at the expense of work life fulfillment.
Bias admission: I spent 20 years in the military where I was told what to wear, how to cut my hair, where to live. Then transitioned into the business world where I wear a branded Nike polo 5x days a week as a COO and CEO.
I take your point. I probably should have specified that you can accept different constraints depending on where you are in your career. Early on, I very well may have worn the shirt - to your point.
So there is both a personal dynamic and a situational dynamic. Great point.
I’m usually very aligned with your views but I would push back on, “No amount of money is worth violating your own identity or mortgaging you life.”
It’s great advice for a person in your position(an “overnight success” from decades of grinding/putting in the work).
But for many- younger entry level teammates like the one from your question at the top, mid career transitioners, or just those with less options, they need to be pragmatic.
It speaks to governance model- you have the experience, leadership, and track record to work well in a less restrictive/cookie cutter model.
But others like the examples I mentioned(the other 95% of the population) should take the job if the probability is higher than not that company will make them more successful, marketable. Short term(2-5 years) gains at the expense of work life fulfillment.
Bias admission: I spent 20 years in the military where I was told what to wear, how to cut my hair, where to live. Then transitioned into the business world where I wear a branded Nike polo 5x days a week as a COO and CEO.
I take your point. I probably should have specified that you can accept different constraints depending on where you are in your career. Early on, I very well may have worn the shirt - to your point.
So there is both a personal dynamic and a situational dynamic. Great point.
Which I think you did a good job of expressing in the comments section of your post on X/Twitter.
I appreciate the exchange of ideas and your posts.
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