I had to be an OVERACHIEVER - John Keros
I had to be an OVERACHIEVER to land a six-figure tech job. Here’s what I think about quiet quitting. -- -- -- By Emi Nietfeld Every time I see the words “quiet quitting,” my heart starts racing. The term, popularized by a Gen Z TikToker encouraging employees to do the bare minimum at work, floods me with the same panic I felt as an adolescent when it seemed like even one minute of slacking could sabotage my future. In high school, I spent time in foster care, praying that an Ivy League college and a blue-chip job could catapult me into stability. Even as a teenager, I understood that getting into a slightly more exclusive university would make it easier for me to land a high-paying job right out of college—and that would mean the difference between shouldering the debt or immediate security. In the discourse about the death of workaholism, few are talking about the winner-take-all circumstances that make phoning it in an impossible proposition for many of us. As a teenager, I exemplifi...