Having a job that lacks creativity, learning, and improvement can feel like working in a car factory assembling parts.
Resistance to change can hinder the progress of organizations, and clinging to outdated technologies harms future capabilities.
Deep dives
The Importance of Job Fulfillment and Growth
The podcast episode explores the significance of having a job that provides opportunities for creativity, learning, and improvement. The hosts question whether it is desirable to have a job that lacks these elements, comparing it to working in a car factory assembling parts. They emphasize the need for jobs to evolve and adapt to the changing times, rather than remaining stuck in outdated practices.
The Consequences of Resistance to Change
The episode discusses the resistance to change that can hinder the progress of organizations. It highlights a Reddit post and a tweet that exemplify companies clinging to outdated technologies or practices, such as upgrading to Java 8 long after it has reached its end of life. The hosts express their disbelief at such decisions and stress the negative consequences of prolonging the use of outdated technologies. They argue that companies unwilling to adapt are doing themselves a disservice and potentially harming their future capabilities.
Challenges of Bringing Change to Established Environments
The hosts reflect on their experiences attempting to bring change to companies stuck in the past. They acknowledge the difficulties of introducing new practices and approaches, even when there is a genuine desire to improve. They discuss the resistance faced from employees who have vested interests in maintaining the status quo and the challenges of motivating individuals to embrace change. Despite their own past failures, the hosts recognize the importance of making sincere efforts to transform organizations, even if success is not guaranteed.
#197: Do you feel like you are working in a company that is not only behind the times but behind the century? If you feel stuck, is it because you’re too scared to search for another job and losing all the benefits you’ve accrued over the years at your current company?
In this episode, we talk about a couple of Reddit and Twitter threads that surprised us, but in reality, they shouldn’t have. It’s a very sobering reminder that not everyone is not only working on the latest and greatest, some are just now moving to technology that has already reached end of life.