How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time

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If you are an average 30 yr old engineer, let's say you want to retire reasonably by the time you are 60. A year wasted at a poor job or role is equivalent to you throwing away 3.3% of your career. The older you get, the steeper your loss is.

How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time Apoorva Govind Sep 28, 2020 1,945 285 Share I recently saw this tweet asking people about their career's most expensive mistake. The most common one was people staying too long at their jobs and not switching sooner. Flo Crivello @Altimor What's the most expensive mistake you've made in your career, and what did you learn from it? 1:42 AM · Sep 17, 2020 60 Reposts · 599 Likes @Altimor</span> Spent six years in dead end jobs where I was learning very little because I thought that was basically the only option early in one’s career.","user

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