You Don’t Have To Climb the Career Ladder To Be Happy

You don’t need to climb the career ladder to live a great life. Your job doesn’t have to be the centerpiece to be fulfilled.

I opted out of climbing the career ladder. Here’s why it was the best decision — www.fastcompany.com
The cofounder and chief technologist of Camunda explains that if you feel you are an expert, don’t try to be somebody else, and don’t let yourself be shoehorned into a management position.

Society tells us the story that if we’re not climbing the corporate ladder into a management role, we’re really not pushing ourselves to succeed. If we aren’t doing everything to maximize our salary and get fast-tracked to the top, we aren’t working hard at all.

I’m here to sell a different story.

You don’t have to climb the career ladder to be “successful.”

Instead, you can be successful by making $50k annually and leaning into hobbies that you care about.

You can be successful by being an individual contributor who clocks in at 8 and clocks out at 5, taking an hour for lunch every day.