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MINYEONG KIM
MINYEONG KIM

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Thriving in the Workplace: Aligning Your Skills with Company Goals

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I realized this after five years of working, and if you understand this, you would probably be loved at the company.

Lots of people often feel like their work and talents aren't fully seen or valued in their company. This could happen because they don't fully understand what the company is trying to achieve.

In this post, I'll talk about ways to do well in different kinds of companies.

Different companies have different aims and things they care about. For example, one company might want to do things quickly, while another might focus on error-free code in their work.

For a company, how much something costs and what they get from it are really important. They often think about how much money or benefit they'll get back from what they invest.

But we usually think from our own point of view. Like, we might use PHP that has legacy code, and I don't like that. But the company might not want to fix these problems and could even make things more complicated. This makes me unhappy.

However, if you look at it from the point of view of someone who owns a business, as long as the service works fine, they don't see a need to spend more money on it. Business owners might like developers who can make new things quickly more than those who worry a lot about making everything perfect.

Imagine if more users start using the service and problems start happening because of the way the code is written. This could mean the company has to spend more on servers and might have times when the service doesn't work. In this case, the business owner would probably want to spend money on making the system better to keep customers and not have to spend more on servers.

Now, the business owner might prefer developers who can make sure the system is strong and works well over those who can make new things quickly.

What a company wants and the kind of workers they look for can change depending on what's happening like this.

As a developer, if you make your skills match what the company wants and is trying to do, you're more likely to be valued in any company. This way of thinking helps you grow as a developer and also helps you have a successful career at the company.

It is recommended to prepare various competencies. If not, let's figure out which capabilities the company needs right away and go along.

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