The goal is to basically (almost) triple my total compensation. It is not as ridiculous as it might first seem, since my current one is quite muted. So how might I achieve this outrageous goal, what am I doing to accomplish it, and how will I organize the process?
As I've written before, I have a specific company and a specific product in mind. I want to lead them. That's the goal. It's clear to me it's more aspirational than anything, as that company is in aggressive job cuts right now. Doesn't matter. This is just a North Star guiding me into a better future, into hard work and investing into myself. Re-inventing myself professionally so I might get ahead, because vague generalities and potential of a better career etcetera don't excite me. What does excite me is imagining vivid scenarios, at work, during the interviews, the questions I'll answer, the product research that'll go in, and the conflict with management that I fantasize about after starting the job.
So what am I doing to get there?
First, the website. It's crappy, I know, but eventually in a week or two or three, I'll release version 2.0, and that's going to make me happy. There's not much more to do, except fix a bunch of existing essays, and keep writing new ones. It'll be fine. That website will act as my first 'portfolio', an introduction to me for the rest of the internet.
Second, linkedin. My sister will make me a linkedin, she has said, I'll let her do it. We will post some of the material from my personal website in there, and the goal is to create an anchor online to attract recruiters.
Third, intense visualization and practicing of interviews mentally. I have probably not aspired for anything else this strongly as I have this job, this process. Every day for five to ten minutes, I think of potential questions they will ask, and the answers they will be given. Imagine the process, the job after, how I'll perform, what hard things will come my way, how I'll deal with them, and how I'll accomplish my goals. I imagine the hardest questions that'll come, and try to give the best possible answers.
Fourth. Reading. Building up my knowledge base and confidence my reading industry and job-specific books, making sure I understand the headspace my interviewers and managers will be in, and get in that position from the start.
Fifth. Manifesting. Hoping it works out, getting ready for it, but also in the back of my mind, just being ready for it, as in pretending it's already happened and I just need to sign the documents, that it's not a big deal. The thing is already in the bag, there is no concern to worry about. If it doesn't work out, it's the silly engineers who interviewed me that got it wrong. Etc.
Sixth. Teamwork. I'm in the process of doing this, but the goal is to get family and friends and all others who are close to me to help me reach that position, and make sure they're all rewarded for it. If Michael Jordan needed a strong support system and a 'team' behind me, so do I, it's going to be much bigger than (basketball world cup?) for me, so I need all the help and assistance I can get!
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