🔍 Career Mythbuster Challenge #2! 🔍

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:thought_balloon: Myth: “If you’re not advancing fast, you’re doing something wrong.”

:face_with_monocle: Truth or Myth?
What do you think? Is this a hard truth or just a career myth? Let’s challenge the norm and dive into the facts, real-life stories, and insights!

:point_right: Share Your Take:

  • Have you experienced this myth firsthand?
  • Do you think there’s truth to it, or do you have a different perspective?
  • Tell us about a time when this myth was proven wrong (or right) in your own journey!

:speech_balloon: Drop your thoughts, stories, and opinions below! Let’s get the conversation started! :point_down:

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Hello!

Before debunking or confirming this myth, best to clarify with yourself what you mean by
“fast” (also “advancing” but if that isn’t clear with yourself… that’s a whole 'nother discussion entirely").

This has to be clear as to some people, “fast” means 6 month, while to others,
“fast” means 1 year, or even 2 years. Given these different meanings, going “fast” has to be clear to you AND to the people you’re working with. If you’re in an industry whose products take time to be produced, it would likely take much more time to advance in your career as the proof of concept will not be readily shown to the higher ups.

However, just because you are not expected to go fast, does not mean you are not doing something wrong either. In college, I found myself joining numerous orgs to help build my capabilities, and to also spread myself out and broaden my horizons. This led to me not exactly having a deep commitment to any of the orgs as I was being spread too thin. Thus, to an extent, I did find myself missing out of certain opportunities. However, I don’t think I should have overcorrected and focused on 1 org as I did learn numerous things from joining different orgs.

Overall, I would say, If you’re not advancing fast, you might be doing something wrong, but make sure your goals are clear to you.

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There are people who realized things earlier in life and some that realize a bit later but still win. We have our own pace and journey to take. I want to stick to the idea that this is a myth, we have our own time to shine. It’s just a certain realization we need to be aware of in order to realize what we actually want and how willing we are to act upon it.

“Not advancing fast” doesn’t necessarily mean no progress. It’s still an ongoing process. If you’re stuck and in the same place where you are before then that’s the time when you’re doing something wrong.

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