Snippet post from: Creators, Innovators, Influencers
Once in a while, I post snippets of posts I am working on in the background. Here is one from an essay I am working on called "Creators, Innovators, and Influencers."
Of refinement vs advancement in the fanfare of careering
Sometimes, an operator has to transition to being a strategist because the fieldwork they do is operational or physical in nature and takes a toll on their body. As a man who works in the trades gets older, for example, he may find it desirable and/or necessary to move from working on projects himself to supervising the work of others.
Oftentimes, an operator ends up in a managerial position because he feels he’s supposed to take that opportunity and defaults to following the standard professional trajectory. What they resisted in the first place in the choice of the Operator career journey. The next rung up the ladder may take someone out of the field, but the position comes with more money, power, and/or status. A man thinks he ought to keep moving up in the world, even if that “advancement” puts him into a position he’s less suited for and finds less fulfilling.
To be continued..