Comments on: When to quit your job

By: David

David — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:22:50 +0000

I’d go one further and ask people : why do you need to work for a company? Why not utilise your skills via self-employment? Self-employment forces you to push yourself to the limit because you have to stand on your own two feet. So many people get lazy in large companies – the comfort zone is too easy to find. It sounds like you’re the right sort to start up their own business as companies rarely push their employees in terms of learning and training.

By: data recovery

data recovery — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:10:49 +0000

Yes you are very right, when are not learning anything in our job then why are doing it, let leave it and have a life. Life stops there if we are not getting or learning anything, so its better to decide what to do if not learning atleast something.

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:36:54 +0000

When I started my new job, I was really interested to learn. But then I found out that there wasn't anything I could learn here that I couldn't learn on my own. It's sad that I'm just staying here for the money. I don't think I'll last long here.

When I think about it, I've stayed longer in long-term freelance jobs than in any full time job that required me to work in an office. The clients were the ones who actually bailed, for one reason or another.

By: Strega_Rossa

Strega_Rossa — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:47:56 +0000

Oh yeah what about the company that deters you from learning… Run as fast as you can when you realize that.

By: Chanpory Rith

Chanpory Rith — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:05:21 +0000

@Michael. Good point about twitter. So much has changed since I’ve been gone! :-)

By: Dennis Cheatham

Dennis Cheatham — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:39:33 +0000

There's never enough emphasis placed on the importance of learning and furthering one's abilities. Otherwise, what we do as communicators becomes like a big conveyor belt of ideas: cold, mechanical, and dull.

In fact, what we learn from a job is so important that I like to read that "what I learned" on a resume. It's the narrative that shows the deeper story beyond responsibilities and accomplishments, etc. and reveals that a designer sees the importance of being teachable and of taking those lessons with them.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 06 May 2010 14:23:45 +0000

Good article. Not enough people realize this. Just an FYI, you may want to look into updating your sharing link to include Twitter as an option.