• You get to keep all your current memories and knowledge.
  • Everyone/everything else is a clean slate.
  • You’re starting now (not going back to the past).
  • Thelsim
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    910 months ago

    You’re starting now (not going back to the past).

    This makes it a bit more difficult since I designed most of the architecture at my work. It would take a lot of work to be taken seriously again and not have my opinion being discarded because I’m the newcomer.

    I would have to prove myself all over again though, not something I’d look forward to.

    • @200okOP
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      310 months ago

      In that case, if you could keep your reputation would that change your answer?

      • Thelsim
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        210 months ago

        Hmmm… I’m quite happy with my work and the benefits I get. I guess if I got to restart I would make some more friends in the right places from the beginning. It’s something I learned only later on that it helps to be on good terms with those higher up, in case you need some support with budgets or priorities.

        And vice versa, I would also be more careful with not pissing people off. Early on in my job I ruined a few relationships by being a prissy bitch about how things were supposed to be done, instead of being a bit more open minded. Looking back on it I inwardly cringe at how I acted back then. That’s definitely something I would not repeat, I like to think I’ve grown a bit emotionally since :)

        • @200okOP
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          210 months ago

          Thanks for sharing. That’s pretty insightful and relatable.