When did you start to feel like you were good at your job?

[~kaos~]

Probably in the USN when I was 19..... I was put in charge of 1/2 of the flight line for my squadron (20 birds) and the ground crews (15 people).

[BrickHaus]

My laat job was field service for a CnC manufacturer i felt I was good at it about 2.5 years in. Right about the time I was comfortable walking into any situation at the customer site, and I was a crack shot at phone support troubleahooting ( try networking a Dos based PC to windows 10 with a machinists over the phone.)

But in the same vein, I felt pretty undervalued shortly after I felt valuable so it also lead to my departure.


My current job, Im an electrical tech for a custom automation company. I get kuddos all the time for work efforts, but I feel there are so many skills required to do this job, Ill never be " good" .

[vijil]

The best way to get a raise is often to quit and go somewhere else. Bosses get complacent.

I once quit a job after being denied a raise. A month later they realised their mistake and offered me what I'd asked - but I'd long since moved on. Seems to be some quirk of employer psychology. Don't know what you've got til it's gone.

[Brandon85]

Never to be honest. Every day feels like a new f*ck up...even doing my job right

[Chappy]

Been here 22 years. I'll let you know

[foughtwolf]

Probably never. Seven years ago I wanted to be a mechanic snd I wish to god I’d have just kept delivering pizza. I made more money, worked with a crew I had a blast with and generally enjoyed life. Now I just feel trapped with an ungrateful old raisin of a boss who treats me like I couldn’t find my own ass with a map and a flashlight in broad daylight.

[vijil]

Here in NZ, due to covid, it's absolutely a jobseekers market. There are massive shortages in most industries, and wages are spiking. Changing job in this environment can be a great way to get a big raise and better conditions. It might be worth checking whether the same applies where you are? Could be a good time to move on.

[Schmitti]

The previous position I held at my current agency... I was in the position for 12.5 years and got to the point I was producing training modules for new staff and prior to the craziness of last year I had done several in person training events. But in my world of regulators there is no way up the later unless you can show them you can, and want to, do other things. So I transferred to a new position and started at the bottom in hopes that I can get a promotion in the next year.

One month shy of having been in the new position for a year and I still barely know what I'm doing because they keep handing me stuff the old supervisor did (I haven't been promoted to that seat yet). So it keeps me on my toes.

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[Cunha]

We talked about this in the other thread but there is the unfortunate thing where someone who is really crushing it at their job is often overlooked for advancement because they become so pivotal in their existing role.

And there is some advantage of having a role you can fill and master and a more well managed stress load, where your work is clearly defined and you excel at it and are on the right side of all of your interactions because they are exemplary.

But then you want to get into a position that might suck and cause much more stress but you get yourself right in the crosshairs because that's where the action is. I'm in the type of position where I am jumping in front of bullets for the hazard pay (not actually) but after 6+ years of it I can see the advantage of my previous jobs where I could have established mastery and a low outside-of-work stress level that might let me enjoy life more and maybe do more of my own side projects rather than trying to channel all of my ambition into my salaried job.