Career

I just got rung up by a head hunter on Collins Street. He wanted to know if I was interested in a dodgy CEO role for a listed Australian company.

I told him politely, no, I am not looking for jobs any more and haven’t for over a decade.

For some this reason this was an affront, and he started lecturing me about my career prospects.

I tried to explain to him that I liked working but had no interest in a career as such. No luck – it was like I was talking Martian.

I explained that a career implies an upwards trajectory within a pyramid, either within an organization or within a whole work discipline, and that I had essentially left pyramids behind in 2000.

It worked in one sense – I am pretty sure he thought I was mad and put put a mark, very blackly, on the lid of my box.