> Here's the thing most people miss: promotions don't fall off the tree and land in your lap.
That's not what I learned from work. I saw people with skill way beyond their position hang around companies getting jack shit before they eventually got bored and left, and then other people getting thrust into seniority for arbitrary reasons:
> Oh, you got hired just three weeks ago? Well the rest of the team has just quit, so I guess you're in charge now.
> Corporate are trying to fix the gender imbalance in the c-suite, you're a woman, you want to be an executive?
Both of those people _were_ very good at what they did, but so were the other people who didn't get those arbitrary events.
That's not what I learned from work. I saw people with skill way beyond their position hang around companies getting jack shit before they eventually got bored and left, and then other people getting thrust into seniority for arbitrary reasons:
> Oh, you got hired just three weeks ago? Well the rest of the team has just quit, so I guess you're in charge now.
> Corporate are trying to fix the gender imbalance in the c-suite, you're a woman, you want to be an executive?
Both of those people _were_ very good at what they did, but so were the other people who didn't get those arbitrary events.