There are actual good employers out there. My last one gave me a sizeable raise out of nowhere because I had been working my ass off on a project.
But the only reason I was working my ass off was because they were good employers. They operated like a startup despite being in business since the 80s.
Then Musk fucked everything up.
But even before that, at the beginning of my IT career I went from a customer service agent to senior systems engineer in 5 years because I worked hard and took on projects that no one wanted to do.
The key is knowing when to put in the work and when to put in just enough to keep your job.
There are actual good employers out there. My last one gave me a sizeable raise out of nowhere because I had been working my ass off on a project.
But the only reason I was working my ass off was because they were good employers. They operated like a startup despite being in business since the 80s.
Then Musk fucked everything up.
But even before that, at the beginning of my IT career I went from a customer service agent to senior systems engineer in 5 years because I worked hard and took on projects that no one wanted to do.
The key is knowing when to put in the work and when to put in just enough to keep your job.