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Pace yourself
Don't rush in
Take more
Don't give without get
Negotiate
Don't worry, be happy
Work in a company for a brief period of time to gain some expertise and then start your own business. While being self-employed certainly presents serious challenges, at least you won’t find yourself doing soul-s—ing work to support the pipe dreams of the money-grubbing jackals at the top. Nor will you be at their mercy as they decide whether or not to take away the job you depend upon to keep a roof over your head, food on your table and clothes on your back.
All that said however, I think the FIRE option another commenter suggested might be an even better route!
Don't let the grumpy old guy get you down. They think bad mouthing others make them look better.
DONT TAKE THE OFFER AT AT&T
FIRE, financial independence retire early, work your a– off for 15-20 years live like a monk and escape this fckn rat race in your mid 40's with plenty of time and life left to spend with family and friends and enjoy your true passions.
The above advice will be harder as time goes on because fewer and fewer high paying career jobs, but at least this millennial generation can still probably do it
Take that offer from the U.S. Civil Service instead of the one from AT&T.
Max the 401K.
Work every minute of OT available. Never take a minute, or give one.
Make zero friends, but work with any one.
You do not want your 2nd level to know your name.
Never be the top, or the bottom of what ever metric matters today
Smile, wave, be polite.
Divorce yourself emotionally from work.
Use their rules and draconian edicts to your advantage.
Try to run them out of $$$.
Do not go into the Technology sector, do not move back to your old town to take that job and do not buy a house in a c-appy school zone. Yep, that’s what I’d change.
As friendly as your manager may appear, they are not your friend, they are your boss.
Save a little more make more investments and don’t work at att.
My advice to my younger self would be this: when you get older , don’t look back with regret or wish you could give your younger self advice. It’s a stupid exercise.
No regrets. Carpe diem!
Don't stay in any one job too long. Most of the people I know who bounced around every few years are better off today. They have a broader skill set and most have increased their income more than just staying with one or two companies for 20 years.
I chose to stay for stability, and I just don't feel like it worked out the way I thought it would.
Your career will have phases where work is No. 1 and where work is not No. 1, and both are okay.