#IT'S PETTY AND SELFISH I KNOW. BUT I CRAVE PRAISE AND AFFIRMATION. I NEED TO BE TOLD IM DOING A GOOD JOB. IM INSECURE AND A PPL PLEASER

[soldier-poet-king]

Now that I have a New and Fancy job title (as of Monday), would it be a complete dick move to add my post grad degrees to my email signature???

Like. It's standard in the field. Everyone I email OUTSIDE of my organization includes them. I probably need help being taken seriously because I am Young Baby Child among mostly older professionals and am talked over in meetings by everyone except the IT guy (bc Ive proven to him I actually know what I'm doing and I'm the only non-IT computer literate person in the building) and one extremely elderly coworker who is my favourite person in the whole world and listens to me when I voice my opinions.

HOWEVER. My boss doesn't use hers in her email signature + I have more advanced degrees than she does. So like. It would look shitty. But I'm concerned abt being taken seriously by outside ppl (I already KNOW I'm not taken seriously by ppl inside the org, but y'know, non profit hell + I am the youngest person in the building by a SIGNIFICANT amount and have chronic baby face syndrome so I'm walking around looking like an animal crossing villager despite early greys and laugh lines)

#franposting #this isnt even a brag. my boss has been working in the field longer than ive been alive #i disagree with her methods at times but this isnt me trying to one up her #i am genuinely just trying to establish myself more widely in the profession and to be taken seriously #as someone with advanced degrees and technical skills as i build up my practical experience #i have pride and ambitions beyond my current job yknow? #which is probably selfish of me #but im GOOD at this work and i want to excel and move on to bigger things #even if my boss has it in her head that im going to be here forever/til she retires in 5 years #like im being groomed to be her successor #and i absolutely. absolutely not. i want to move onto bigger things. #UNFORTUNATELY I AM MAYBE. SECRETLY INCREDIBLY AMBITIOUS ABT RESEARCH AND INFORMATION WORK #also i just. worked hard for those degrees. i want to be proud of myself #since NO ONE ELSE IS PROUD OF ME #dont even get me started on my parents' just. non response. to my accomplishments:/// #IT'S PETTY AND SELFISH I KNOW. BUT I CRAVE PRAISE AND AFFIRMATION. I NEED TO BE TOLD IM DOING A GOOD JOB. IM INSECURE AND A PPL PLEASER