Everyone Has a Career Ceiling. Here's What Yours Might Be Made Of.

Last week I asked the Work Rewritten community what’s getting in the way of the careers and lives they want. Four patterns kept appearing.

Everyone has a perceived “ceiling” in their career.

This ceiling is not a verdict on what is possible for us, but rather are the working assumptions we carry about how far we can go based on the conditions surrounding us: the job market, our networks, our skills, the structure of our companies, and the opportunities available to us.

Of course, some people…