I have strongly believed in this. and proud to be generalist 
But some interviewers question the path of 'my' career.
A Managing Partner of a consulting firm told me 'as personal advice', my career has no direction.

Consultant

Over the past couple of weeks that I have been on GV, seeing far too many career advice asks, especially from recent or near future graduates. Decisions seem to be at the crossroads all the time.  ...

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Over the past couple of weeks that I have been on GV, seeing far too many career advice asks, especially from recent or near future graduates. Decisions seem to be at the crossroads all the time.

My view on career shaping, after wading through the career waters for as long as I have:

A Career is Lived Forward but Understood Backwards.

Don't overthink your current situation(s), be a consistent learner and grab the breaks & opportunities that you get. 

Almost all successes that you see around you are "Right place, Right time".  Luck plays an inordinate role in your successes, but you need create your luck - create the environment and momentum for things to come your way.

Career Shaping & Roadmaps

Sales Manager

Career Shaping & Roadmaps- Grapevine

I started my Career in June 2018 and have switched 2 companies as of now. It's been 5 years but I haven't seen a single promotion so far.

But when I look at people on LinkedIn they are team leaders now.

And this is impacting my mental health as well. When I am back at home i still can get this fact out of my head.

Getting tensed looking at my career graph.

Research Specialist

If you could give one piece of advice to someone just starting their career, what would it be?

Software Engineer

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Hi Grapeviners,

**Question for those at higher level (SM+)**

How do you perceive your job?
Isn't that too demanding, boring and depressing (corporate politics) at the same time considering you're stuck doing it for years/decades on end(that too will intensify more you climb up)?

Essentially, I want to know what motivates you apart from you big checks?
Is it about the power that you enjoy over people? (i mean, does it really make you feel powerful?)
Or is it you can't go reverse because of the status and other factors that are attached with you?

Cuz my underlying assumption is that if you're doing a job and earning quite well then it's unlikely that you would get significant time to enjoy that money with your family/ friends or even alone. (pls correct me if I am wrong)

Like yesterday I was talking to a client AVP  who's been toiling day n night over the weekends from last 2 month just like an unpaid intern.

If that's the path to carrer growth, then man, I am already done!😂

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Your answers/ perspective would help me understand the point of chasing carrer growth from your lens and decide for myself!!

Thanks 🙏

Is it even worth climbing up?

Product Owner

People at A want to move to B, because culture at A is bad and B seems good. 

People at B want to move to C, because culture at B is bad and C seems good. 

People at C want to move to D, because culture at C is bad and D seems good. 

And finally

People at D want to move to A, because culture at D is bad and A seems good. 

Includes everything from Google, Atlassian, PhonePe, Swiggy, Microsoft, Amazon and everyone. 

People leave mainly because of their managers. Or people just want a reason to switch and get a hike. Or just want not to miss out on fomo at other companies.

Culture went bad?

Product Manager

~ young professional trying to navigate the tough markets

Did you plan your career or go with the flow? Are you satisfied with your outcomes?

I need some career advice.
From my current organisation I just got laid off working as a data engineer with 2 year of experience. Now I got a data analytic offer should I accept that?
In the future I want to work as a data engineer again, will switching from data analytic role make any problem in future?

Career advice

Software Developer

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> Post graduate in computer applications.
> Got work experience of more than 3 years (since 2020).
> Currently working in Bangalore as a QA Engineer almost 2200 kilometres away from home.
> Earning somewhere around 3.5 LPA.
> Age is almost 28 years.
> Expenses are too much, income is not enough do jacksh*t.

Approached a few companies and all of them require you to reveal your current CTC, knowing they'll give a teeny bit a better offer based on my current income breaks my heart.

Now, I can either choose to study something or change the field and do something else, for example, newspaper hawking.

But I'm not sure what to pursue, seeing people who know what they want to do and them having clarity makes me wonder if that's normal and there's something wrong with me.

I followed my "passion" and got screwed royally.

Am I too old to study something else or start as a fresher again in a different domain?

Study further or switch domain?

Software Test - QA

I have 12 years of experience in IT industry and I have been only with 3 firms so far. Primary reason for job change has always been relocation as my personal life changed during these times. I have always been a top performer since the very beginning and I have been a manager too. But now I start loosing interest and I want to know what options do I have if I don’t want to scale up the ladder anymore. I just want to continue to remain in work to support my family but at the same time I don’t want to feel pressured to grow in career. I feel IT is not a place to retire but I don’t know what other options exist. All the technologies that I worked so hard for are almost becoming obsolete and I’m at a point where I don’t know what to do. Finding job scares me just as much as staying in the current one.

Is anyone experienced beyond 15 years and are yet just Sr. Consultants or managers and what are your thoughts?

Senior Consultant

Context: I am 22 years old with a BBA degree from a tier 1 college. After college, worked as intern with a few online marketing startups for around 4-5 months, Post that joined a fintech company as an intern setting up a new vertical that they're building( part of first few hires). I've worked here for around 6 months as an intern and now that my internship is coming to an end I've been told that full time conversion is off the table but they'll gladly extend my internship period. 
Reason: performace not good enough.

I feel purely from an opportunity standpoint continuing here would be great for me as there's a lot of scope for learning and growth however what makes me anxious is the fact that this wouldn't reflect well in my CV and hence would probably be a potential bottleneck in the future wrt higher education or switching companies for that matter.

Growth Manager

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Any career advice for a fresher! Would really appreciate it..

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Hello,
Have anyone done a transition from one technology to another technology. I am currently in RPA domain and it’s seems it doesn’t have potential for a good package (Above 30LPA) due to which I am planning to shift to azure data engineering role. Could you please help me out with the learning tutorials url and challenges in this roles. Work exp. 9 years

Career Advice

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My fiancé’s pay is 3x mine. And I feel guilty for not being able to scale up to a respectable pay or career advancement. This is my capacity - I am slow paced and a late bloomer in everything in my life. I feel like I don’t deserve a fiancé with 3x pay as mine and could find someone better than me as I was questioned by my fiancé about my career trajectory. I keep wondering in what way I can contribute my share once we settle. How will I do 50/50 because it doesn’t seem possible to do that. I will have to cut back on all my wants before things turn sour between us due to this financial imbalance. I don’t want money to get in the way of our relationship. I don’t know if anyone feels this guilty for not being able to contribute financially towards their married life. Or am I overthinking all this in my mind. It takes a hit at my self esteem when I see my friends/family around being able to achieve this financial equilibrium with their spouses. It makes me feel inadequate and not as empowered.

I feel guilty as my fiancé’s pay is 3x mine

When I got married, my partner’s pay was 2X mine. Cut to 8 years later, my pay is now 2.5X more than my partner. I am lucky to have a partner who never questioned me while my pay was lower than hers. So our relationship has been the same then and now.  
 Your pay cannot be the basis on which you decide if you have to be partners or not. If that is causing a rift between the both of you, you should perhaps have a honest conversation with your partner.

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Analyst

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I want to understand if you are also satisfied with your compensation?

How much do you really earn? Honest Answers Please 🙏

2.4 lakhs/month. 
      
 Not a developer. 
 Not in Tier 1 city.  
 Not in FAANG or whatever it’s called now. 
 No loans or EMIs for now. 
  
 Married to my GF of six years. She earns 1.3 lakhs/month. 
  
 Guess, I could say I am extremely satisfied.

UX/UI Designer

Hey everyone. 

Thought I could do an AMA. A bit about me - have 4 years of work experience and graduated from a non engineering college. Was at a startup before (from Series B to Series D) before becoming a VC

Personally look at consumer and B2B investments here 

Happy to answer any questions around life as a junior VC, startup ecosystem, career growth etc.

AMA: I work at a large VC Fund focusing on early stage investments

This is the biggest problem with VC ecosystem 4 yoe kids taking calls on experienced, hardworking founders. Dude first learn the game then invest , judge people playing the game. VCs know nothing about how to run startups. Unless they have been entrepreneurs themselves. IMO It's a colossal waste of talent to become a VC for young PPL.

Investment Associate

Wanted to say Hi, what do you do, how do you see current phase of your life, how do you look at your career so far, and what do you plan to do in next 5 years, etc.

Any 40+ Grapeviners here?

Solution Architect

I want to change my work profile as I am not enjoying my work any more. Is it wise to use the referral portal and look at jobs at same band or a band below? 

I

Learning And Development

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I have done btech in CSE and currently working in TCS but I want to enroll in post graduate program as IT professional what should I choose for PG courses for good earning in future.
Suggestion is highly appreciated 🙂 Please

Systems Engineer

Currently RPA Blueprism developer with overall 10 years in IT and 4 years in RPA.what should I learn next to advance my career or look for a remote job.

Should I go with RPA and devops or any others you might think of.

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