🧔 Hey, I’ve been stuck as a middle-of-the-pack developer for years now. I want to take my career to the next level. What should I do?
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🧔 I'm a backend developer working with C#.
▫️That's great! Have you looked into expanding into different areas?
🧔 No. There's plenty of demand for people that do what I do, and I feel comfortable working with what I know.
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🧔 Not much really. They keep me busy so I don’t have a lot of free time.
▫️I see. How many hours per day do you work with them?
🧔 Eight to nine every day.
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🧔 Not possible. I commute for an hour. I also have a family. Go to the gym.
▫️How about just one hour a day? Maybe weekends?
🧔 I'm exhausted after work. I don't want to spend my personal time.
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🧔 They cost too much, honestly. Plus johnyTheCool54 on Twitter says degrees don’t matter.
▫️How about picking a couple of books?
🧔 Who reads anymore in 2020?
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You feel stuck, but:
▫️You don't want to expand
▫️You don’t have any time
▫️School isn't relevant
▫️Books are out of fashion
But you still want to grow.
You want to live like the 1% putting no effort beyond the minimum possible.
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Anything that matters in life costs a lot. It may be time, money, sacrifice. You can’t expect good things to happen if you don’t grind like the rest.
I’m happy you have a great life balance. But there’s a cost to that. You can’t just have it all.
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But it’s delusional to think you can achieve something without prioritizing it.
Understand that you are designing your life with every choice you make.