{"id":13,"date":"2018-04-08T16:34:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T16:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rethinkingyourjob.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2018-04-29T19:00:21","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T19:00:21","slug":"carls-big-opportunity-p3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rethinkingyourjob.com\/carls-big-opportunity-p3\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 3: Carl’s Big Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

No doubt Carl’s career and life look successful to someone looking in from the outside.<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s roughly two decades of hard work. And what you are seeing is the residual of those early wins and rewards.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back then the effort was commensurate with the reward and salary increases\u00a0<\/span>moved the needle in a big way. <\/span>Promotions were more frequent and notable.\u00a0<\/span>Like the time he was promoted from a Software Engineer II to a Senior Software Engineer and made the Technical Lead for a critical program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That came with a big raise and new title. <\/span>Carl was proud of his accomplishments, and the recognition. The future felt promising.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the reality is that today, and in fact, for most of the last decade, it’s different.<\/span><\/p>\n

The workload never stopped increasing, but the payoff has slowed way down.\u00a0 Carl also now has a family which makes the payoff from work even less appealing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, Carl changed jobs and roles over the last ten years which is progress, but the results were incremental nothing transformative. <\/span><\/p>\n

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So when Carl\u2019s Boss Tony the Director of Technology announced that he was retiring in 6 months,\u00a0<\/span>Carl saw this as his Big Opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Director of Technology is a prominent position<\/strong>. For Carl it meant<\/span><\/p>\n