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Matthew Lang

Family guy and web developer

Wishlist Wednesday - To make the right choice

Since I got made redundant last week, I've had an opportunity to look at the path of my career and determine the right direction I want it to take for the future.While there is things I want to do and technology I want to work with, I also have existing skills that can land me a decent permanent job.So on one hand, an insecure future working with new technology and on the other hand, a secure future working with existing technology.What choice to make?

Working with family people

An old post from the svn blog at 37signals but a reminder that not everyone's number one concern is the big project at work.

That’s why I like working with the family man or woman. They come in as a cold bath of reality. When people have other obligations outside of work that they actually care more about than your probably-not-so-world-changing idea, the crutches are not available as an easy way out, and you’ll have to walk by the power of your good ideas and execution or you’ll fall fast and early. That’s a good thing!

Hire Family People by 37 Signals

This weeks news has me looking at my career differently for the first time in 15 years.

Knowing this, allow yourself one day to be grateful for exactly where you are. In this very moment, you are right where you need to be. You have everything you need. Delight in that. Recognize where you’ve come from and send gratitude to those who have helped get you there.

More money, a better job, important responsibilities, a patient spouse, a new car, meaning, freedom, flexibility. Reasons differ, but the drive is the same. The quest for movement, for change, for different.

Gratitude by Project Exponential