Career 5 min read

What got you promoted won't keep you employed

The job you were promoted for is not the job you now have. People keep doing the old job and wondering why it got quiet.

The promotion trap

You got promoted because you were the best at the old job. Now the old job is not the job. The new job requires different skills, a different audience, and different metrics for what 'good' looks like.

Relearn, fast

Every promotion is a small rehire. Ask what 'good' looks like at this level. Pick two skills you don't have. Spend the next quarter being noticeably worse at the thing that used to feel effortless. That's the job now.