Do you enjoy being treated like a blank slate when you join a new project??

When I joined my previous company there was this overwhelming feeling that will I be able to thrive. Same feeling in the current company which I joined recently. In my previous company that fear/feeling led to me doing much better than thriving. Is impostor syndrome normal ? Why?

Hi Folks, Want to understand what makes you stay at a startup vs shop around in other companies or leave after 6months- an year? Please tell things other than initial compensation because you can always find someone paying more. Assume a market standard here.

I work in a slowing industry (Ed-Tech!) in a generalist role (Project Management!) for half a decade now! You'd think I would be better positioned to deal with life! Heck, NO! This crippling feeling of insecurity or job loss always puts an extra stress on day to day life. I couldn't take any risks in terms of a house or a car or a big EMI purchase in life! What if I get laid off? Will this generalist role help in landing anything next? Do I need an MBA for that? Switching to any specialized roles will take extensive preparation with time being in short supply with family and kids! Seem to have been strangled in the startup world. Any cure for this? P.S : Sometimes thinking : Mommy sahi bolti thi. Govt job le leni chahiye thi. :D

Hi, guys. I just switched to a new role (UX Writing) and its been 14-15 days. I am getting major work FOMO here. Here are two things I am feeling, help me navigate through this? 1. I am not aligned to a project/account yet. Feeling a bit restless, I feel like reaching out to seniors and teammates and I do. Yet, there’s little clarity on how I will be resourceful to the entire set up. 2. Brushing up on my skills until formal tasks are allocated to me. However, I learn more on the job, rather than through training. How to make most of the time and resources available? 3. I am not sure if I am overthinking this, but I feel like my role isn’t as well-etched as I first thought it would be.

I think about seriously quitting my job atleast once every few months but I've stuck it out here for almost 3 years now. I don't know if it's just me but the idea of putting myself out there and starting afresh at a new company is just terrifying - the struggle to find something exciting but stable, being evaluated at interviews all over again, the uncertainty of fitting into a new team and having to prove myself all over again at a new work place - all of this just puts me off from taking any real action I see everyone around me talking about career growth and taking up new opportunities. And rationally, I get it. I get that there are tons of benefits to changing jobs - better salary, escaping a toxic workplace, etc. etc. I truly admire people who make these frequent shifts - seriously, how do people navigate this?

Super last minute! I’m joining as a PM at a global bank tomorrow and this is my first job out of undergrad, I would love any tips! 🥺

Hi I currently work in Qualcomm as a Software Engineer. I am from 2022 batch. I am in one of the teams where we are doing core software engineering work in C programming language. How hard is it for someone to shift from such a role to a proper Backend Engineer role in a Product based company where the product is more dev centric than some org like Qualcomm?

They make us motivated, skilled, practice more and then last put u in a hopeless project and ask you to participate in initiatives to collaborate with people having the same drama we are going through !!🫠🙃

I feel like this is a general problem that people who join startups in really early stages face. They get hired to do a function, then once the startup picks up, someone more senior gets hired and they’re practically demoted. This is happening third time to me, but still haven’t figured how to deal with it. The first time, someone from Stanford got hired and I felt really insecure about it. We got along pretty well but I couldn’t take that we were of the same age and this person was managing me despite me being around in the company for longer. That person left, my function was changed as well and again after a year, I was layered by another person. I just joined a new company four months ago and feel like the same thing is about to happen. I know they’re hiring someone. Makes me feel anxious about how I’ll lose ownership of things I’ve been doing and I haven’t even gotten the chance to prove myself yet. Do I just wait it out? Or talk to the founders about it? I understand where they come from, they do what’s best for the company. But I feel like I should look out for myself as well.