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Like most beginners, I made a lot of mistakes when I first started working in the tech industry.
But this was the biggest one, by far: sacrificing my own health for the company.
Here’s what happened:
After finishing university, I got a job at a consulting company with a great culture, CEO, interesting projects, and “decent pay.” I started working on projects alone, often making documentation and organizing more juniors to finish tasks, always exceeding expectations until some of my own partners started stealing credit for work that I did or helped them finish, to the point that some of them got salary raises and I lost my job. That was the first time I learned the concept of a scapegoat.
But it’s also worth acknowledging that making this mistake taught me a ton.
This experience taught me the importance of communication, paying attention to details in reports, meetings, and 1:1 sessions, communicating with my superior’s superior, making the other person fill out a document to leave evidence of the activity, and always remembering that there are no friends at a job.
This is why I encourage everyone to see their mistakes (and “failures”) as necessary steps along the path.
There is always a lesson to be learned.
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