Three views along the River Thames in London, and three points on careers in large companies.

One / In, London, England, July 2009

Two / Down, London, England, July 2009

Three / Out, London, England, Jul 2009

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James Gardner, Advice for newbies starting their careers in large companies. All 20 are brilliant, but three of note:

4. Your career will now be a race to get as specialised as possible in order to prove you are good enough to be management. Then you will spend the rest of your career becoming generalised enough to run big teams of specialists. The first part is a race to be better than everyone else. The second part is a race to make sure you know more people than everyone else.

5. Oh, you don’t want to be management? I’m sorry to hear that. Your career options have a finite upper ceiling through which there is no possibility of breaking. Don’t believe management when they tell you otherwise.

20. Evaluate every day and see if what you are doing is still fun and interesting. Do not continue with what you’re doing if you can’t see a pathway in the short term to fun and interesting. I have seen so many unhappy people in workplaces who don’t take positive action to change their circumstances. They are unpleasant people to be around, and I think it is probably habit forming.