Non-Trivial Advice on Building Your Career
Non-Trivial Advice on Building Your Career
1. Above all, you must stay adaptable. It has proven to propel careers higher than picking a path and sticking to it firmly.
2. It might be worth considering moving. It takes work to gain insight into your options for living in other countries, but for many, it could be a great move! Ultimately, it’s better to settle down usually, but possibly not where you are living right now. The benefits could be manifold lower living costs, working remotely, higher pay, additional citizenship or residence permit, better cultural fit, more suitable dating culture, health care, social services, education, climate, lifestyle, public safety, political stability, less discrimination, etc.
1. Above all, you must stay adaptable. It has proven to propel careers higher than picking a path and sticking to it firmly.
2. It might be worth considering moving. It takes work to gain insight into your options for living in other countries, but for many, it could be a great move! Ultimately, it’s better to settle down usually, but possibly not where you are living right now. The benefits could be manifold lower living costs, working remotely, higher pay, additional citizenship or residence permit, better cultural fit, dating culture, health care, social services, education, climate, lifestyle, public safety, political stability, less discrimination, etc.
That said, the huge turnover of major world events will make it absolutely necessary to stay adaptable about where to live too. Watching YouTube videos on what it's like to live in the city/country is the laziest and best way to get started on figuring out what suits you, followed by making a list of critical points you need to look into from various sources to get a more detailed picture. City and country subreddits and expat Facebook groups will be able to fill in the blanks. Of course, AI can be a shortcut too.
The more countries you are a resident of, the safer you will be from the unpredictable disruptions that are certainly coming.
This question needs to be considered before making career decisions, for two reasons: 1. It affects your career opportunities, 2. It’s not future-proof to have a career that ties you to a location. Not anymore. Just ask Ukrainian lawyers…
Feel free to ask me about this topic to speed up your research.
3. When the economy is in a good shape, that’s the time to focus on working, gaining experience, earning well and making career moves. When it’s in a worse shape, that’s the time to study and kick back if you can afford it.
4. I’m fully aware that it’s not always possible, but I would like to urge everybody to insist on a good work-life balance. When it’s out of whack, what suffer are your self-development (including extremely important people skills and handling weaknesses), health, sleep, diet, relationships and mental health. Ignored, these are guaranteed to bite you in the bum on the long run.
5. “Actually, you need to figure out what you find easy to do that others struggle with. That will tell you what you can contribute easily…” (The Guardian) … or at least it used to be that simple. Now, we need to think deeper, because you need to specialize for the sake of a good income and job security.
6. Emotional intelligence is extremely important in most jobs and everybody’s private life too. To improve this, I would start by picking highly-rated and easy-to-digest books and documentaries that help us understand others and ourself better.
7. Some people say that money is not important to them. This is not wrong, because there are more important things in life, BUT! 1. There might come a time, when having significant savings gets you out of trouble. 2. Your freedom is always limited by the amount of money you have. 3. It’s a lot easier to make money from investments than from work. 4. The more money you have, the more you can put it to good use in charitable ways too. 5. “You think pennies, you get pennies. You think dollars, you get dollars.”
8. Higher education is not the only way to acquire knowledge and skills and build your career. There free and cheap, quality resources (books, videos, courses, articles, podcasts, etc.) and you can learn from work experience too.
9. Recruiters and managers are often very narrow-minded, and they prefer employees with the exact background they need. Regardless of how illogical it is, additional, less relevant experience can be a hindrance. Of course, you can also choose to leave those out of your CV in some cases.
That said, the huge turnover of major world events will make it absolutely necessary to stay adaptable about where to live too. Watching YouTube videos on what it's like to live in the city/country is the laziest and best way to get started on figuring out what suits you, followed by making a list of critical points you need to look into from various sources to get a more detailed picture. City and country subreddits and expat Facebook groups will be able to fill in the blanks. Of course, AI can be a shortcut too.
The more countries you are a resident of, the safer you will be from the unpredictable disruptions that are certainly coming.
This question needs to be considered before making career decisions, for two reasons: 1. It affects your career opportunities, 2. It’s not future-proof to have a career that ties you to a location. Not anymore. Just ask Ukrainian lawyers…
Feel free to ask me about this topic to speed up your research.
3. When the economy is in a good shape, that’s the time to focus on working, gaining experience, earning well and making career moves. When it’s in a worse shape, that’s the time to study and kick back if you can afford it.
4. I’m fully aware that it’s not always possible, but I would like to urge everybody to insist on a good work-life balance. When it’s out of whack, what suffer are your self-development (including extremely important people skills and handling weaknesses), health, sleep, diet, relationships and mental health. Ignored, these are guaranteed to bite you in the bum on the long run.
5. “Actually, you need to figure out what you find easy to do that others struggle with. That will tell you what you can contribute easily…” (The Guardian) … or at least it used to be that simple. Now, we need to think deeper, because you need to specialize for the sake of a good income and job security.
6. Emotional intelligence is extremely important in most jobs and everybody’s private life too. To improve this, I would start by picking highly-rated and easy-to-digest books and documentaries that help us understand others and ourself better.
7. Some people say that money is not important to them. This is not wrong, because there are more important things in life, BUT! 1. There might come a time, when having significant savings gets you out of trouble. 2. Your freedom is always limited by the amount of money you have. 3. It’s a lot easier to make money from investments than from work. 4. The more money you have, the more you can put it to good use in charitable ways too. 5. “You think pennies, you get pennies. You think dollars, you get dollars.”
8. Higher education is not the only way to acquire knowledge and skills and build your career. There free and cheap, quality resources (books, videos, courses, articles, podcasts, etc.) and you can learn from work experience too.
9. Recruiters and managers are often very narrow-minded, and they prefer employees with the exact background they need. Regardless of how illogical it is, additional, less relevant experience can be a hindrance. Of course, you can also choose to leave those out of your CV in some cases.
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