Staying Employed
If you're gone for a week, nobody notices. If you're gone for two weeks, people will start wondering where you are. If you're gone for four weeks, the whole place burns to the ground.
- Never stop learning.
Learning itself is a muscle that needs to be exercised. What you learn will keep your skills sharp and increase your value. The extra knowledge is useful. The ability to learn quickly is invaluable. - Make yourself irreplaceable, without sacrificing your work/life balance.
If you're gone for a week, nobody notices.
If you're gone for two weeks, people will start wondering where you are.
If you're gone for four weeks, the whole place burns to the ground. - Find what you love to do, but others hate.
The more they hate doing it, the more likely they'll keep you around to do the work.