标题：5 Lessons on Career Growth From a Google Exec
原文：ehandbook.com/5-lessons-o…
简介：There is no easy path. The elevator is broken and you need to take the stairs and climb fast.
作者：Daniel Rizea
翻译 & 编辑：公众号-开发者如是说
For the past 10 years, I have been on an accelerated career growth path. I went from Jr. Engineer to Engineering Director, navigated through 2 acquisitions, held over 1000s interviews, and built teams and engineering organizations.
过去 10 年，我的职业发展速度飞快。我从初级工程师晋升为工程总监，经历了两次收购，进行了 1000 多次面试，并组建了团队和工程组织。
From my own experience and from the experience of helping other people develop their careers, I wanted to share 5 lessons that I found very useful and that will hopefully help you in your pursuit.
根据我自己的经验以及帮助他人发展职业生涯的经验，我想分享我认为非常有用的5 个教训，希望这些教训能够对您的追求有所帮助。
This article is based on my Medium Day talk that I held on the 12th of August.
本文基于我 8 月 12 日举行的 Medium Day talk。
1、如何选择正确的机会 (How to choose the right opportunities)
Early in my career, I had to choose between staying at a well-paid engineering job with an internationally established company or joining a new risky hardware startup. Everybody was surprised I joined the startup given the fact that I am very risk-averse. But in my mind, it all made sense, as I found an asymmetric opportunity that had a good risk/reward ratio. Let me explain.
在我职业生涯的早期，我不得不在继续从事国际知名公司的高薪工程工作和加入一家风险较高的硬件初创公司之间做出选择。考虑到我非常厌恶风险，每个人都对我加入这家初创公司感到惊讶。但在我看来，这一切都是合理的，因为我发现了一个具有良好风险/回报率的不对称机会。让我来解释一下。
My desire at that point was to learn more about startups, so when the opportunity presented I had to weigh the risk/reward balance.
我当时的愿望是了解更多有关初创企业的知识，因此当机会出现时，我必须权衡风险/回报。
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The downside was that I would be getting a 35% pay cut and I would most likely be out of a job in 1.5 years because most startups are risky.
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缺点是我的工资会被减 35%，而且我很可能在 1.5 年内失业，因为大多数创业公司都有风险。
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The upside was that I would learn 10x more and get exposed to various parts of the business and communities plus not ignoring the slim chance of getting rich.
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好处是，我可以学到 10 倍的知识，接触到商业和社区的各个部分，而且不会忽视致富的渺茫机会。
At that point, I had an asymmetric opportunity on my hands that had a manageable downside and a potentially unlimited upside. In the end, my choice has put me on the path I am today and turned out to be a good choice.
那时，我手上有一个不对称的机会，它有可控的下行空间和无限的上行空间。最终，我的选择让我走上了今天的道路，事实证明这是一个正确的选择。
Every time you are presented with an opportunity, look at the risk/reward ratio. If you stumble upon an asymmetric opportunity with unlimited upside and limited downside aligned with what you want, then take it. It may advance your career a lot.
每次你遇到机会时，都要考虑风险/回报比。如果你偶然发现一个不对称的机会，其无限的上升空间和有限的下降空间与你想要的一致，那么就抓住它吧。它可能会大大促进你的事业发展。
2、在竞争较少的地方竞争 (Compete where there is low competition)
In every company, there are usually a few projects that everyone wants to do and projects that everybody tries to stay away from.
在每家公司里，通常都有几个大家都想做的项目和大家都尽量避开的项目。
The big hard projects or the mundane ones that have a lot of value are usually overlooked. That is where you could have a big impact and stand out.
大型、艰难的项目或具有很大价值的平凡项目通常会被忽视。而这正是您可以产生巨大影响并脱颖而出的地方。
A few areas where there is usually low competition:
以下几个领域通常竞争较低：
2.1 努力工作 (Hard work)
It goes without saying, but a lot of people want to get rich quickly, lose weight in 5 easy steps, or put in minimum effort and get maximum returns. This kind of offering is very appealing and most of the time not true. Nobody wants to go on the path where there is hard work, even though there are better chances of success.
毋庸置疑，很多人都想快速致富，只需 5 个简单步骤即可减肥，或者付出最少的努力获得最大的回报。这种想法很有吸引力，但大多数时候都不是真的。没有人愿意走艰苦奋斗的道路，即使成功的机会更大。
Hard work comes in multiple forms. It may be something technically difficult with a high risk of blowing up the system or a complex organizational task due to alignment which may mean getting consensus with a lot of stakeholders and having a lot of meetings. Find the things that are impactful for your stakeholders and do them. This way you will stand out, get new skills, and get on an accelerated path.
努力工作有多种形式。它可能是技术上困难的事情，存在破坏系统的高风险，也可能是复杂的组织任务，因为协调可能意味着与许多利益相关者达成共识并召开大量会议。找到对利益相关者有影响的事情并去做。这样你就会脱颖而出，获得新技能，并走上加速之路。
2.2 创新 (Innovation)
Bring innovation to the company. Usually, everybody is trying to do their day-to-day job and this is forgotten. In my experience innovation does not occur from a manager coming and asking their team to become more innovative.
为公司带来创新。通常，每个人都在努力做好日常工作，而这一点被遗忘了。根据我的经验，创新不是由经理来要求他们的团队变得更具创新性而产生的。
Innovation emerges from the mix of various perspectives and backgrounds 创新源自各种观点和背景的融合
You can also add on top a deep understanding of how the overall business works and what can be improved. Try to hang out with people from other departments, and get them to talk about their pain points; you will be surprised to discover that you can easily solve some of them.
您还可以深入了解整体业务的运作方式以及可以改进的地方。尝试与其他部门的人交流，让他们谈谈他们的痛点；您会惊讶地发现，您可以轻松解决其中的一些问题。
2.3 把蛋糕做大 (Making the pie bigger)
It touches a bit on the innovation part but it means finding or discovering new opportunities in the company that you can take on. Usually at any company planning there are a couple of projects available and big competition on the cool easy ones. What you can do is discover or come up with new proposals that you and your team can work on. Yes, this will be hard work because you need to identify opportunities and get stakeholder buy-in, but on the flip side, nobody will compete with you on the opportunities you will create.
它有点涉及创新部分，但它意味着在公司中寻找或发现你可以接受的新机会。通常，任何公司在规划时都会有几个项目可供选择，而那些很酷的简单项目则竞争激烈。你可以做的是发现或提出你和你的团队可以合作的新提案。是的，这将是一项艰苦的工作，因为你需要识别机会并获得利益相关者的认可，但另一方面，没有人会与你竞争你将创造的机会。
Remember the previous lesson on asymmetric opportunities? Try as much as possible to create one for yourself. A good opportunity could accelerate your career a lot. It could be a segway into leadership or an area you want to explore. It just has to be aligned with the goals of others so you can get buy-in and paint a win-win proposal.
还记得上一课关于不对称机会的教训吗？尽可能为自己创造一个机会。一个好的机会可以大大加速你的职业生涯。它可能是通往领导层的通道，也可能是你想探索的领域。它必须与他人的目标保持一致，这样你才能获得认同并提出双赢的方案。
3、如何获得并保持信任 (How to get and keep trust)
This is very important.
这非常重要。
If somebody new were joining a tribe, the members of that tribe would wonder if they are good hunters (can provide for people in the tribe) and are trustworthy, meaning they will not run away with the tribe’s food and kill everybody in their sleep.
如果有新人加入部落，部落成员会怀疑他们是否是优秀的猎人（可以为部落成员提供食物）并且值得信赖，这意味着他们不会带着部落的食物逃跑并在睡梦中杀死所有人。
Every time you join a new team, project, or company the question on everyone’s subconscious mind is the same: is that person competent and trustworthy?
每次加入一个新团队、新项目或新公司时，每个人潜意识中都会问同样的问题：这个人是否有能力且值得信赖？
While most people focus on competency, trustworthiness is equally essential.
虽然大多数人注重能力，但可信度也同样重要。
In the age of AI, competence will be more and more accessible. 在人工智能时代，能力将越来越容易获得。
It will become a commodity, just ask X bot and you will get an expert answer. Becoming somebody trustworthy will be a competitive advantage.
它将成为一种商品，只需询问 X 机器人，您就会得到专家的答案。成为值得信赖的人将是一种竞争优势。
How can you get and maintain trust? It’s a simple 3 step formula that becomes hard because you have to do it over and over again.
如何获得并保持信任？这是一个简单的三步公式，但由于必须一遍又一遍地重复，因此变得困难。
- 说出你想做什么 (Say what you want to do)
- 行动 (Do it)
- 展示你已经做到了 (Show that you have done it)
Miss any of the steps and the formula won’t work. More about trust in my previous article here.
错过任何步骤，公式都将不起作用。有关 信任 的更多信息，请参阅 我之前的文章。
Don’t forget, do all 3 steps for a continuous amount of time and you will become trustworthy. This will give you a strong competitive advantage in a pool of very competent people.
别忘了，连续一段时间执行所有 3 个步骤，你就会变得值得信赖。这将让你在一群非常有能力的人中拥有强大的竞争优势。
Going through 2 acquisitions and having my stakeholders change frequently, creating and maintaining trust contributed significantly to my growth. Every time things changed I had to prove that I was competent and trustworthy and that I could get things done.
经历了两次收购，股东也频繁变动，建立和维持信任对我的成长有很大帮助。每次事情发生变化时，我都必须证明我有能力、值得信赖，并且能够完成任务。
4、逆向工程 (Reverse engineering)
This can be applied to multiple areas, so let’s focus right now on career growth and getting to the next level. Most likely in your company there is a formal or informal ladder that has levels with requirements for each one.
这可以应用于多个领域，所以现在让我们专注于职业发展和进入下一个级别。您的公司很可能有一个正式或非正式的阶梯，每个级别都有要求。
What very few do is audit what are the things missing between where they are and where they want to get. This is a good exercise to identify the skills that you need, opportunities and projects that you need to be part of, and what stakeholder buy-in would be required.
很少有人会去审视他们现在的处境和他们想要达到的境况之间缺少了什么。这是一个很好的练习，可以确定你需要的技能、你需要参与的机会和项目，以及需要哪些利益相关者的支持。
The second thing that even fewer people do is once they have this honest audit, they share it with their manager and get their manager to partner on their career.
第二件很少有人会做的事情是，一旦他们有了诚实的审计结果，他们就会与他们的经理分享，并让他们的经理成为他们职业生涯的合作伙伴。
This usually happens because people shy away from uncomfortable conversations and that is ok. Our brain works that way and wants to protect us but this is hurting a lot of careers. You risk going throughout the years without any sight of the promotion that you want.
这种情况通常是因为人们回避不愉快的谈话，这没关系。我们的大脑就是这样运作的，想要保护我们，但这会损害很多人的职业生涯。你可能会冒着多年都看不到你想要的晋升的风险。
I had a friend who was very upset that he was passed for a team lead position by their manager. I was sorry for him but wanted to double-check something: “ Did your manager know that you wanted the role ”, I asked him. To my surprise, his manager didn’t. He thought that the manager should have noticed that he wanted this role.
我有一个朋友，他非常沮丧，因为他的经理让他担任团队领导的职位。我为他感到难过，但想再确认一下：“你的经理知道你想要这个职位吗？”我问他。令我惊讶的是，他的经理不知道。他认为经理应该注意到他想要这个职位。
Don’t gamble your fate as my friend did and have the conversations. At least you will know where you stand and what is required to get to the next level and you can start actively working from that point.
不要像我的朋友那样拿自己的命运冒险，要进行对话。至少你会知道自己的立场以及需要做什么才能达到下一个水平，然后你就可以从这一点开始积极工作。
5、指导自己 (Coaching yourself)
The truth is you already have a good idea of what you need to do to get to the next level.
事实上，您已经很清楚要做什么才能达到下一个级别。
Imagine you have a best friend, in a similar situation as you are, coming to you for advice on what they need to do. What would you tell them?
想象一下，你有一个最好的朋友，处境和你相似，来向你征求建议，看看他们该怎么做。你会告诉他们什么？
Sometimes it is easier for us to advise somebody else than to coach ourselves. When we try to advise ourselves, all of our limiting beliefs can get in front of good advice. If you try to advise a friend you will trick your brain and those beliefs will remain in your subconscious.
有时，我们给别人提建议比指导自己更容易。当我们试图给自己提建议时，我们所有的限制性信念都会阻碍好的建议。如果你试图给朋友提建议，你会欺骗你的大脑，那些信念会留在你的潜意识里。
Some tricks from coaching for your toolbox:
教练为你的工具箱提供一些技巧：
5.1 翻转 (The flip)
If you find yourself in a negative mindset you can switch by asking yourself “What do you want to happen?”, this will focus you on what you want.
如果你发现自己处于消极的心态，你可以通过问自己“你希望发生什么？”来转变，这会让你专注于你想要的东西。
5.2 实际需求 (The actual want)
Another tip from the coaching side is to discover what you actually want. The question for that is simple: “What do you want to happen now?”
教练的另一个建议是发现你真正想要什么。这个问题很简单：“你现在想发生什么？”
You need to ask it a couple of times and uncover what you desire. Usually, for this part, it is better to use a coach who can help you explore and uncover things that may hold you back. The best coaches will hold up a mirror where you will see yourself, with the good and the bad.
你需要问几次，然后发现你想要什么。通常，对于这一部分，最好聘请一位教练来帮助你探索和发现可能阻碍你的事情。最好的教练会举起一面镜子，让你看到自己，看到自己的优点和缺点。
If you find yourself struggling to grow your career there may be things that hold you back. You need to discover and try to address them. Once you finish these steps you need an action plan and execution.
如果你发现自己在事业发展上遇到困难，那么可能有些事情会阻碍你。你需要发现并尝试解决这些问题。完成这些步骤后，你需要制定行动计划并付诸实施。
I had the same issue when I wanted to grow to a more senior leadership position. I wanted the promotion but somehow all my worries and actions were sending mixed signals. I had a very honest conversation with a coach and they advised me well:
当我想晋升到更高级的领导职位时，我也遇到了同样的问题。我想升职，但不知何故，我所有的担忧和行动都发出了混乱的信号。我和一位教练进行了一次非常坦诚的谈话，他们给了我很好的建议： “ Look, you will give it your best shot for the next 6 months and if you are unsuccessful, you can try again in 6 months. No harm done but in the meantime, you will have learned a lot and it will put you closer to your goal. Isn’t this what you want? ”.
“看，你会在接下来的 6 个月里尽最大努力，如果不成功，你可以在 6 个月后再试一次。这不会造成任何伤害，但与此同时，你会学到很多东西，这会让你更接近目标。这难道不是你想要的吗？”
I was hmm… that makes a lot of sense. I was fearing failure and that was paralyzing me in committing and taking action. Once I understood that, I just focused on doing great work and not worrying about “ what if ”.
我当时想，嗯……这很有道理。我害怕失败，这让我不敢承诺和采取行动。一旦我明白了这一点，我就专注于做好工作，而不是担心“如果”。
Once you know what holds you back you can turn that thing off. 一旦你知道了是什么阻碍了你，你就可以关掉它。
Six months later, after I put everything I had into it, I managed to be recognized at the next level. Sometimes I even knew I could have slowed down a bit but I wanted to not have any doubt that I was operating at the next level.
六个月后，在我全力以赴之后，我终于在下一个级别上得到了认可。有时我甚至知道我可以放慢一点速度，但我不想怀疑自己在下一个级别上的表现。
Figure out the things that hold you back from achieving your goal. Once you set your mind on something and there is nothing to hold you back, you will be amazed by how much you can accomplish.
找出阻碍你实现目标的因素。一旦你下定决心，没有任何东西可以阻碍你，你就会惊讶于自己能取得多大的成就。
You can try to coach yourself by having honest conversations, giving advice to “a friend” or reaching out to a professional coach who will help you discover and surpass the things that are holding you back.
您可以尝试通过坦诚的对话、向“朋友”提供建议或向专业教练寻求帮助来指导自己，他们会帮助您发现和克服阻碍您前进的因素。
These are some of the learnings that have helped me accelerate my career. If you want to go on the career accelerated rollercoaster you have to be aware that it will be hard. Condensing a lot of years into a few will get you a discount for your troubles but it will still be a lot of work and pain.
这些经验帮助我加速了我的职业生涯。如果你想要体验职业加速过山车般的感觉，你必须意识到这将会很艰难。将很多年的工作压缩成几年会让你的烦恼减少一些，但这仍然需要付出很多努力和痛苦。
There is no easy path. The elevator is broken and you need to take the stairs and climb fast.
没有捷径。电梯坏了，你需要走楼梯，快速爬上去。
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如果您喜欢这篇博文，您可以帮我传播它并在您的网络中分享。这只需要花几秒钟的时间，但对我来说意义重大。
