Thinking about how there's a whole strata of folk who graduate, get picked up by a big corp or even any company, SMB or larger, and sort of stagnate. But with consulting, or gig work, as a young person, you play many more smaller games. Much faster.
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Not really true. There’s no place you can safely stagnate for more than a few years anymore unless you own rentable capital assets. The first layoff you witness punctures that false sense of security.
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What do people tend to do after being laid off? How many look for comparable work and try to re tread the same passive promotional ladder?
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Some downcycle through worse jobs and land in the contract meat market. Generally it makes you weaker and more vulnerable at the next cull. Many, esp women, give on jobs after a few hard knocks. You have to take risks and register a big win to offset a layoff on a resume.
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The point is, you don’t see the ones that don’t cling on. Survivorship bias. For every lucky survivor, there’s 3 pieces of roadkill.
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