How many of you are actually high achievers?
How many of you actually go above and beyond? In accounting you can easily coast as a senior accountant or senior associate making 75-95K and then get promoted to a manager after a few years and then basically get capped there for a big portion of your career and some people are okay with that which is absolutely fine.
However, I’m wondering how many of you work past 5pm all the time, work weekends and take initiative to improve processes without being asked, automate things you weren’t asked to do, create dashboards to help management, hone your technical skills outside of work etc. These are the things that allow you to get promoted to director or VP in your early 30s, so just wondering how many of you are part of this group and if so, what drives you? Are you passionate about your company? Making more money? Or were you always just a hard worker even during your youth?