A career is one of the few things that always goes uphill and downhill at the same time. Every promotion or level up is usually also a demotion or downcycling along some dimension.
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This is true of not few things but very many things. "Every extension is also an amputation" — Marshall McLuhan.
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TFW you realise 'careerist' is the new 'homemaker'.
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Aging is like this imo - net growth being the sum of lots of small reductions. Reminiscent of the description of the clergy after French Revolution - “poorer but more holy”
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Promotion with managerial duties often means technical skills stagnate




