| Tip 45 | You’ve Already Lost Your Job |
The job you were hired to do no longer exists. You might still be drawing a paycheck. You might be adding value. You might even be making your employer ecstatically happy. But, you’ve already lost your job.
The one certain thing is that everything is changing. The economy is shifting. Jobs are moving offshore and back on. Businesses are trying to figure out how to adapt. Things have not reached a steady point in our industry. Our industry is like the awkward adolescent going through puberty. Awkward, ugly, and different year after year—day after day.
So, if you were hired to be a programmer, don’t think of yourself as a programmer. Think of yourself as maybe not a programmer anymore. Keep doing your job, ...
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