The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:
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Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.
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Advice. This can be in response to a request for advice or just something that you think could be generally useful for many people here.
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Encouragement. Probably best directed at specific users, but if you feel like just encouraging people in general I don't think anyone is going to object. I don't think I really need to say this, but just to be clear; encouragement should have a generally positive tone and not shame people (if people feel that shame might be an effective tool for motivating people, please discuss this so we can form a group consensus on how to use it rather than just trying it).
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Feeling positively overwhelmed at my new job.
My team is 'cracked' (as the kids call it) and I'm going in with a combination of excitement and nervousness. I've prided myself on being a clinger, hanging on for dear life. Today, I'm once again the stupidest guy in a room. I'm looking forward to it.
In my experience, surviving is an stronger motivator than thriving. I've jumped into the deep end of the pool, goal for the next 1 year is to survive. (Gotta hit that 1 year cliff)
Are you working in tech? Are your coworkers the same age as you or older? It must be fun though, to work with really good, competent people.
Yeah. Remarkably senior team. No juniors. Youngest person is almost 30. Strong positive bias towards ICs rather than manager types.
Its still early, but digging it so far. Maybe less so if I get marked underperformer ☠️. Hoping I learn my way around to have impact before the first evaluation cycle.
How old are you? ICs?
Hope you do not get marked for that lol, pretty stressul.
IC = Individual contributors, as opposed to smooth-talking managers.
I'm ~30. I'm on the "younger" side for this team.
Not yet. My 1st year at the previous job was god-tier stressful, so my tolerance has gone way up.
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