1. when you announce you are leaving, management makes an effort to retain you. This could come as a salary match, or as a pitch with new title / authority. It certainly includes sincere regret and the belief that your departure leaves a big hole in the group.
2. as others leave, you find new responsibilities being driven to you. I'm not talking about being required to take on more repetitive crapwork, but exerting more responsibility and decision making. As you become the "veteran" of the group, your expertise become more recognized, and you are increasingly viewed as the expert.
As always, these aren't definitive, but you might recognize these patterns as the job market thaws and people leave.
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Monday, February 15, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Interesting thoughts
It's so easy to have interesting thoughts these days: the thoughts of the greatest and most interesting minds on the planet are, for the first time in history, available to us in near real-time. To read them is to have them.
The richest man on the planet tackling the world's biggest problems.
Nobel prize winners on the economy, incentives, environment.
The top experts in any field you care about.
In the past, we'd have to pay thousands of dollars or buy a book of dated thoughts or know someone who knew someone. Today, you can get the vast majority of it for free.
In a sense, expertise is becoming rampant. How are you going to compete in such a world?
The good news for you is that you only need one job. Expertise in the current job will lead to the next opportunity. Repeat.
Tailor your solutions to the situation. In that domain, however narrowly defined, you can be the expert. It will still require a great deal of knowledge, diplomacy, effort, risk-taking, commitment, and discipline... among other things.
At the same time that it's never been easier to have access to expertise, it's never been easier to be your own expert. Think about your unique domain, your unique job situation, and come up with your own interesting thoughts.
The richest man on the planet tackling the world's biggest problems.
Nobel prize winners on the economy, incentives, environment.
The top experts in any field you care about.
In the past, we'd have to pay thousands of dollars or buy a book of dated thoughts or know someone who knew someone. Today, you can get the vast majority of it for free.
In a sense, expertise is becoming rampant. How are you going to compete in such a world?
The good news for you is that you only need one job. Expertise in the current job will lead to the next opportunity. Repeat.
Tailor your solutions to the situation. In that domain, however narrowly defined, you can be the expert. It will still require a great deal of knowledge, diplomacy, effort, risk-taking, commitment, and discipline... among other things.
At the same time that it's never been easier to have access to expertise, it's never been easier to be your own expert. Think about your unique domain, your unique job situation, and come up with your own interesting thoughts.