Career Envy
As you all know I’m into most of the social networking sites, you can find me at Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn on a regular basis. And it’s been great “reconnecting” with past colleagues.
But when I look at my list of contacts, I get a large amount of career envy. Just some of the titles my ex-peers hold:
- Director of IT
- CIO
- Vice President of IT
- Financial Controller
- CTO
- Owner of their own consulting business
And here am I, peasant worker bee for a big conglomerate. I know some people will say ‘but you moved across an ocean etc’ and that might be true, and might even be a ‘big deal’ but ultimately I’m about to turn 43 and I am just another programmer on the treadmill. How come all these guys did so much better than me?