Why are you obsessed with 'management at the age of 30'? That's the point compared to being mismanaged at 30
A 29-year-old reader privately messaged me in the background: I am currently 29 years old, and still an ordinary employee in the company. I will be 30 years old next year. Some of my friends of the same age are mixed with management, while new employees One is younger than the other, learning fast and energetic, and he has to take care of his family. It seems that his work has not improved, and he does not know what to do in the future? It's frustrating to think about.
This sentence reminded me. Some time ago, there was a very hot topic on Zhihu: People who have not reached the management post at the age of 30, what did they do later? This topic, with nearly 8 million views, is enough to see people's attention to this matter.
- Is 30 years old a watershed in life?
Everyone's expectations for "30 years old" are getting higher and higher, and it is regarded as a turning point in life and a watershed in career.
(1) Actually not, many people did not achieve management at the age of 30, and also at the age of 30:
Ma Yun is still running his own Haibo translation agency, and its performance is dismal.
Ma Huateng's start-up company was on the verge of bankruptcy, and he was looking for people to sell QQ everywhere, but they didn't buy it because it was too expensive.
Wang Jianlin is still in the army, and he left when he was 31 years old when he encountered national disarmament.
Dong Mingzhu manages a chemical research institute in Nanjing.
(2) It is normal to be an ordinary employee at the age of 30, but it does not mean that you will not get along well.
I have a girlfriend's parents, who have been doctors in the hospital for a lifetime, and have never cared about anyone, but because they have saved many people, in this small third-tier city in my hometown, many people respect them. I think It is also a perfect life.
(3) Even if you are a manager at the age of 30, you are not necessarily proud of the spring breeze, and sometimes you may be more like walking on thin ice.
A former colleague of mine, Xiao Zhang, worked as a department manager in the company for more than 4 years. The income mainly depends on the KPI bonus, and it has to bear the performance pressure of a dozen people in the entire team. He worked overtime until late at night every day, his wife had a second child, he took care of the baby full-time, and he took out a mortgage and a car loan.
Last year, the company laid off staff, requiring three people in his group to be laid off. He hesitated for several days and could only come up with the list. One of the laid-off employees pointed at him in the office and cursed after hearing the news.
Not everyone needs to pursue wealth and power, and being a respectable person who can provide social value can also be a career goal.
Therefore, there are not so many black and white conclusions, and many things have not yet begun.
- Why are many people obsessed with "management at the age of 30"?
Why do we put 30 and being a manager together.
It may be rooted in Chinese traditional culture. Everyone generally emphasizes standing at 30, which means that 30-year-olds should find their own position in their career. Salary, then become an executive and start a business, as his career development goal.
In the old thinking of the old generation, there was only one development path, to find an iron job in a down-to-earth manner, to work in this company or factory for a lifetime, and to change from employee-old employee-supervisor-manager.
But now the society has changed. In addition to being promoted to management positions in large companies, it may also be to start a personal business, freelancers, self-employed people, self-employed people, and more people who work hard to start their own businesses.
Moreover, not everyone is suitable for management.
Some people are very good at it and become experts. For example, engineers, designers, architects, teachers, doctors, etc., relying on their own skills, continue to shine in all walks of life.
- You should be more concerned with self-growth than being an improper manager at the age of 30.
In the future workplace, more emphasis is placed on individual value.
Reed Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, believes that in the Internet age, the employment relationship is undergoing dramatic changes. Employees and bosses are a mutually beneficial alliance.
It is no longer a lifetime employment system, it is more like a tenure system.
He said: "I have an old colleague who is a data warehouse. He is a maverick. He doesn't want to lead the team, memorize performance, and even is quite reluctant to hold daily regular meetings. But this has not affected everyone's professionalism towards him. degree of recognition.”
Your battlefield is not only the workplace in front of you.
Look farther, the battlefield of life is to compete with yourself, not with others.
If you are 30 years old and you are still anxious and worried about the "management position", then you need to examine yourself, whether you have chosen the wrong path, or are you too obsessed with this?
When you focus on yourself, it's inspiring to see new changes, new growth this year compared to last year.
The greatest sense of security you can give yourself is to add value to yourself, so that you will not be afraid of anything.
- Write at the end
Don't limit your life changes by numbers, 30 doesn't mean anything, everything can start.
If you don't become a manager at 30, then wait until 31 or 32 to become a manager.
If you are not in a management position at the age of 30, it does not mean that you are a loser. In my eyes, living a life in the dark may be even more terrifying.