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IDK that the analogy to jobs works. When I've quit, I've largely left what I wanted to accomplish unaccomplished. I'm quitting, partly because it's never going to happen — there will never come a day during which the team is adequately staffed to really tackle the tough problems that exist before it. (But more often than not, for far more Maslow's Hierarchy reasons than that.) And that's been true at every single employee I've had, without fail, without regards to the team size or how bright (or dull) its members are. The day to day "must haves" from people outranking us will forever, at any enterprise, be prioritized above the desires of the people who understand the system.

And I see this when I see people far smarter and more capable than me job hop, too. They're not leaving fulfilled, they're leaving burnt out, unable to bring their dreams to fruition.

Dilbert resonates well with most readers. "What color do you want that database?" still gives me a chuckle. It will forever be mauve.

Firefly never got a second season. OTOH, how many will The CW's "The Flash" get?



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