Members sign in here . Two Harvard Business School psychologists offer advice on career choices that provide success and satisfaction. Butler and Waldroop draw on their combined 30 years of experience in researching the psychology of work-and offer advice on how to make career choices that will provide both success and satisfaction. Fast Company sat down with Butler and Waldroop in their office at the Harvard Business School to get advice on the options facing people in the new world of work.
Most people sense that choices in business today are different.
People in business simply have many more choices today than ever before. Just a decade ago, when you took a job, you more or less did what you were told. When it came to your career, you had one area that you specialized in. That was all you did, and you more or less did it for your whole work life. Ten or twenty years ago, you'd join a company, put down roots, and stay put.