You’d be surprised how many people have the drive and motivation to learn other things than their job.

My last position had this problem. ‘Silo’s of knowledge’. We had a guy who could have retired yesterday who had so much institutional knowledge that when he left people were in such disarray. He was all, “I warned ya! You should have had me training people!”

If I had a nickel for everytime I heard “Stop starting, start finishing!” from upper management, I’d be as rich as them.

In a perfect world, we’d all work on only personal projects.

Same when I was a student. I wrongly believed it was a student thing…It isn’t. It’s a mindset thing.

Careful they don’t abuse you. Make your job description solid and make sure if they want to go outside it, they should pay you more. You are worth it.

That is true. Kaylee - “I noticed you weren’t looking at destinations.” Shepherd Book - “'Cause how you get there is the more worthy part.”

Lots of good advice in these comments. I hope they help you! Message me if they don’t.

I have mainly worked in Scrum environments. Only now at my current position am I working outside Agile and I LOVE it.

These are some really great ideas. Thank you for your feedback!

Pssh I wish. That sounds like so much more fun than what I do.

I’ll check her out, thanks!

One by one my family is getting diagnosed autistic and ADHD. I have recently been diagnosed at 35 years old with ADHD. I figure it’s just a matter of time for the other shoe to drop.