Is it even possible to "move up the ladder" anymore?

My point is still valid. Many old-timers are sticking around, probably because their 401(k)s are hosed. Less jobs in general added on to that, and it's pretty hard to move up.

 

Sure it's possible to move up the ladder. I went from part-time pizza delivery driver to full-time.

 

What ladder?

 

This is ultimately what I'm thinking. You'd better be hunkered down in a good spot and hope somebody in front of you gets axed. Even from the qualified candidates, I can't see an SE at a metro these days looking at a wayward application and think, "we need to hire this guy." Or even "we need to put this fella on the radar." Even if they had an opening, its like squeezing a golf ball through a garden hose.

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I don't feel like the rungs have been indescriminantly lopped off. I just feel like the upper third of the ladder has dissolved.

 

This is why I'm very happy that my first job is one with great people in the newsroom and in a place that I like. It's so important for your first job to be one you'll like because it's that much harder to get a second.

 

God, I can't wait to get out of this profession. Threads like this just bother the hell out of me. (I know, I know, then don't read them.)

 

I think all of us know this stuff, its just another matter to confront it with your working peers in the open.

It sucks, but having a plan and knowing where you stand certainly does not. The fact that you're looking to get out is probably positive step #1.

 

These threads remind me that I do need to get out. If I stop reading them, I convince myself it's okay.

 

Nice pull.

 

if i was soon-to-be 22 instead of 52, i'd be running away from newspapers. never, ever thought i'd advocate that but it's true.

now, if i was hellbent on journalism, i'd still go for it. but jobs on the internet will be far fewer to come by than newspaper gigs. and i don't know if "climbing the ladder" will be part of the fabric.

it breaks my heart but seems true. :'( :'( :'(

 

Lots of managements are running off old-timers for you, either directly through layoffs and buyouts or by making their jobs or workplaces unpleasant. But few are filling any of those jobs, now or ever.