Domain, people, and role are three sides of a triangle to help decide your next career move. This model has helped me clarify otherwise amorphous decisions.
Love your posts Philip! I did want to mention that I’m a little skeptical of the triangle model. I think these three different aspects you outlined are not at the expense of one another other. I can think of a job I’ve had where all three aspects were worse/better than another job I’ve had. Maybe the notion of an “additive bar chart” would be more accurate ?
Yes, good point. Some jobs can be strictly better than others on all axes. Tough to find a visualization that's equally descriptive and easy to conceptualize for everyone. Thanks for the suggestion!
Love your posts Philip! I did want to mention that I’m a little skeptical of the triangle model. I think these three different aspects you outlined are not at the expense of one another other. I can think of a job I’ve had where all three aspects were worse/better than another job I’ve had. Maybe the notion of an “additive bar chart” would be more accurate ?
Yes, good point. Some jobs can be strictly better than others on all axes. Tough to find a visualization that's equally descriptive and easy to conceptualize for everyone. Thanks for the suggestion!
Some useful terms from economics and decision theory:
• Pareto dominance – one option is better on all dimensions.
• Pareto improvement – a change that makes at least one dimension better without worsening others.
• Pareto frontier (Pareto front) – the set of non-dominated options; no other option is strictly better on all axes.
• Pareto efficiency / optimality – a state where no Pareto improvements are possible.
• Dominated vs. non-dominated options – dominated jobs are strictly worse on every dimension.
> It turns out the manager was not only siphoning money to someone he was dating, but also taking a bit for himself.
Wow! Didn't think that type of thing would be possible at a big tech company like Microsoft, crazy story
Right? And secret unmarked building for internal investigations because they didn’t want people afraid of retribution.
Love the “triangle model”! Covers everything to be considered.