A career can turn sideways

Career · Little Light original

The role has no grander title than the one you already hold. It does, however, put you closer to work you have wanted to understand for years. You would learn a different part of the business, meet unfamiliar problems, and spend some time being less fluent than you are now. On a neat career chart, the move might look sideways. Inside an actual working life, it could add a whole new dimension. There are practical things to consider: pay, support, the responsibilities waiting outside work. Curiosity cannot settle those questions for you. It deserves to be included among them. A career is also an education in what you can contribute and what keeps your attention. Sometimes development means staying long enough to deepen a skill. Sometimes it means entering a room where that skill is only part of what you need. You are allowed to value an opportunity for what it will teach you to notice.

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