Summary: You will have 3-5x more jobs than you might guess you’ll have. This note suggests a longer term view on career so that you view each job as a stepping stone for the next.
Thanks Nikhyl - this is extremely helpful. I am a new grad PM at Salesforce and one of my mentors gave me a very similar advice - "Tread your job as a university where you get paid to learn."
Great article! Looking forward for more! Also, how to measure our growth in current job - learning, earning and designation wise? What is the benchmark?
Wow... I can't believe I just discovered this. And I wish I had come across this sooner! This is super interesting, and I cannot wait to learn more and see how I can apply this type of thinking to my career.
Should each new job decision have 1 reason to do it (ie. great network OR great industry OR great boss) instead of hitting on all cylinders? Meaning, is 1 great thing about a job enough to do it?
So, with all these jobs ... how do we decide when to start think about looking for new opportunities, versus investing in our current situation? In some ways, sticking around and investing in a given role might be underrated nowadays :)
Thanks for sharing the perspective Nikhyl. Curious about the estimates that people earn ~ 5% of their total net worth by the age of 40. Can you point to the source?
Thanks Nikhyl - this is extremely helpful. I am a new grad PM at Salesforce and one of my mentors gave me a very similar advice - "Tread your job as a university where you get paid to learn."
A great piece!
While people think alot on time value of money, they tend to miss the same concept of time value of efforts (skills, knowledge, impact)
Looking forward to reading more from you! It gets the grey cells going!
Great article! Looking forward for more! Also, how to measure our growth in current job - learning, earning and designation wise? What is the benchmark?
Wow... I can't believe I just discovered this. And I wish I had come across this sooner! This is super interesting, and I cannot wait to learn more and see how I can apply this type of thinking to my career.
Should each new job decision have 1 reason to do it (ie. great network OR great industry OR great boss) instead of hitting on all cylinders? Meaning, is 1 great thing about a job enough to do it?
Agreed!
So, with all these jobs ... how do we decide when to start think about looking for new opportunities, versus investing in our current situation? In some ways, sticking around and investing in a given role might be underrated nowadays :)
Thanks for sharing the perspective Nikhyl. Curious about the estimates that people earn ~ 5% of their total net worth by the age of 40. Can you point to the source?
thanks :)
this helps. do you have frameworks to evaluate next opp