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Original Post: The Promotion Trap
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Picasso wasn't interested in becoming a curator. Meryl Streep is an extraordinary actress, but that doesn't mean she wants to or would be any good at running a studio. Why does corporate America insist on taking your job away from you if you're good at it and serve it up as a promotion?
It's not quite that simple; there are, in fact, people who want to move up the chain. For the most part though, this fits - we all know plenty of former tech people in management positions - many of whom don't belong there. Heck, this makes me wonder if the huge failure rates in IT projects is related to this problem. The problem is twofold:
Convincing corporate managers that they can keep us happy without promoting us
Convincing ourselves of this same fact
The latter point may be the hardest - the reality is, even with increased pay, many people would consider years in the same position as being stuck.
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