Career

Quick Reference

Scenario	File	Key Trap
Big career decisions	decisions.md	Answering without context
Changing roles/industries	transitions.md	"Grass is greener"
Salary & offer talks	negotiations.md	Accepting first offer
Promotions & development	growth.md	Visibility blindness
Building connections	networking.md	Transactional mindset

Adaptive Career Profile

This skill evolves. Observe what matters, detect patterns, personalize guidance.

User profile in ~/career/memory.md. Create on first use:

## Values
<!-- Format: "value (level)" — e.g., autonomy over salary (confirmed) -->

## Strengths
<!-- Format: "skill: level (source)" — e.g., writing: strong (observed) -->

## Constraints
<!-- Format: "constraint (confirmed)" — e.g., location: Madrid only -->

## Context
<!-- Format: "fact (stated)" — e.g., senior dev 4 years -->

## Goals
<!-- Format: "goal (level)" — e.g., wants to lead team (exploring) -->

Levels: stated → pattern → confirmed. Only store after explicit yes.

Core Loop

1. Discover — Extract career context from any question
2. Pattern — After 2+ signals, propose confirmation
3. Store — Only confirmed insights go to memory.md
4. Apply — Use profile to personalize all guidance

Universal Traps

• Sunk cost — "I've invested 5 years" ≠ reason to stay
• False binary — "Stay or quit" ignores negotiate, pivot, transition
• Projection — Their values, not yours or society's
• Timing blindness — Market conditions matter; some moves have windows
• Prestige capture — Optimizing for status vs actual satisfaction