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You’re not learning anything.
Same job, same tasks, same learning.
Engineer, it’s time to move on or move up
within the organization.
When you find yourself in the position of not
learning anything, it means that you have
peaked the learning curve. There is no new
intellectual stimulation that challenges you at
work.
Your boss doesn’t have a vision.
“You can’t grow your flame working for
someone who has no idea what a vision is or
where to get one,” says Ryan Kahn.
Indeed, when you have a boss who doesn’t
have an idea on how to grow the department
or even further their own career, it’s a huge
problem for you. That’s because with the
lack of vision, your boss can never offer you
opportunities that you long for as an engineer.
You keep silent in meetings, afraid
to be known as a know-it-all.
“You have a tendency to not speak up
during meetings because you’re concerned
that people view you as the office know-it-
all or that you’re always trying to be in the
spotlight,” says Michael Kerr, an international
business speaker and author of “The Humor
Advantage”.
Nobody wants to be a know-it-all but
it happens that you are always the one
contributing the golden ideas, you are indeed
above everyone else – including your boss
– and there is not much to learn from their
contributions.
You have skills superior than your
boss.
“We all make mistakes, but if you find yourself
consistently finding errors in your bosses’ work
or opportunities to elevate their work, could be
a sign that you’re too smart for your role,” says
Ryan Kahn.
It is as clear as day: if you can do the work of
your boss or even better at it, it’s either you
deserve a new boss or become the boss.