A place to post ridiculous posts from linkedIn.com
(Full transparency.. a mod for this sub happens to work there.. but that doesn't influence his moderation or laughter at a lot of posts.)
Is it blasting though when she then turns it against herself? She's actually asking what it is that makes her need outside validation to feel good.
It's funny. I got a promotion a bit ago and I announced happily to my family that my career progression has ended for good.
I don't want to grow in responsibility, in don't want to work extra hours, I don't want to study for work, I don't want to "network".
If yearly rises somewhat follow the cost of living (relatively common in my workplace), I don't even want to job hop.
I want to cruise at work and live my life.
Some still don't understand because "line go up" mentality.
How do you DO that?
I don't need validation from other people to be happy. Hope this helped.
Holy shit. That dude needs to run as fast as he can away from that and towards a puppy that will help him delete facebook and hit the gym.
This is LinkedInLunatics. I think she deserves to be Queen here.
"How dare you be satisfied with your lot and content with who you are???"
Exactly. His natural predisposition is to be happy and hers is to be miserable. Sadly, her miserable is probably stomping out his happy
What a beyotch
Could you go a year without a single new certification, interview, award, promotion, and be OK with yourself for it?
No but I have ADHD and collect knowledge like trading cards in an attempt to appease the screaming boredom. Wonder what got her all twisted up?
Lol I have ADHD and Im the same. Love learning something new even when it has no real use to me.
Probably needs a dicking down
If I ever find something that pays enough to do what I want and offers a nice work life balance my ladder climbing will stop there. I have no career goals beyond that. I want to pursue my personal interests and help others learn. That's it. Unfortunately I can't figure out how to monetize my personal interests in a way that won't make me hate my life.
When someone asks me what I do, I list hobbies. I’m not my job.
I am legitimately jealous of people who manage to work a job doing something they actually like. They seem so much better off? My dad is one of those - he'll retire and come back for fun.
I'm finally in a position that I can say "I don't hate," pays well, and I get a pension but holy shit I still occasionally get the "Monday blues."
The second that I can retire, I'm fucking OUT.
Dated someone like this. She needed constant external validation. Had self-esteem issues. Narcissistic. Never satisfied. Extreme anxiety. Separation anxiety. Hot and cold all the time. Always hopping from new infatuation to the next.
I was already deep in corporate and she couldn’t understand why I was content when I found something stable. We split when I got tired of the constant cheating and dumped her. Everything was a pissing contest and she always had to win. She was furious I dumped her first, even.
She’s successful now but still never content. Found out she was bipolar which explains so much from the past.
Did we date the same person?
Hah, you never know. She does go through partners at an incredible rate.
Have a friend same kinda deal. Not the cheating thing but is poly so it's a vibe. Grew up poor, got a degree decent job decent pay. The MOMENT she got stable she wanted to go back to school for a doctorate. Student loans, stressing herself out to high hell. Current events got her having mega breakdowns cuz her field is affected. Broke again. The cycle continues
Edit: also bipolar...clearly
That CEO has a stripper name.
This has been a block for me in dating apps. They look down on you for saying you're perfectly fine where you are right now. I'm over 40 and have a nice job, there's no need for me to continue to run after "something better". But other people see you like you're accommodated or lazy. It's bonkers.
The funny thing is, usually, they are in a lot worse place than me, financially.
She's an LLM optimized for doing "career goals".
Maybe that's the unavoidable final state of our society. A million goalbots, dancing together, forever.
“Cybersecurity Founder”
I bet that person's company has a huge surface area that looks like Swiss cheese.