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by codingdave 696 days ago
That title really never came to fruition in the article. The article was fairly accurate, but focused much more on why jobs change and how to process it, and did not really address how to stay in a job once it outpaces you, nor the more important question of why you would want to in the first place.

I've found that career growth comes from playing with the concept of being a big fish in a small pond. Don't fret over how big you are, just keep moving to bigger ponds. Or if your pond is growing, stay there while it grows. At some point, you'll be in a bigger pond/company than you want to be in... that is the time to go become a bigger fish. Find the smallest pond you can and be bigger there.

Basically, Don't try to keep pace with a growing pond... just be yourself. Then deliberately shrink your pond when you want to grow. Having that attitude of just being yourself also resolves the change management described in the article.