I recently rediscovered the geek within. What does this entail? First, it implies that you wander away from the inner geek. You perhaps think management, or even directorship, is your path to freedom.
Then, you have an epiphany. For me it was something like, “hey, I’m in an abusuve relationship with my company.” You realize that upper management is the equivalent of agreeing to putting on shackles for a pay increase. In return for breaking out of the geek pay ceiling, you agree to basically become a whipping boy or girl. You won’t likely be empowered to drive change, but you’ll be browbeat constantly about the lack of change while your budget and your powers are diminished.
So, having the epiphany, you’ll realize that you can return to your passion, creativity, and having cool junk in your cube. You CAN go home. Just click your heels together, wish real hard, and you’ll find that companies are almost never tired of people with the actual skills to do the actual job so actual money can be made.
And all the while, you can have your Nunzilla on display proudly; you can tickle your Dwight Shrute bobble-head and engage in active relaxation, knowing that the work you are doing is more productive and more fun than your boss.
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