Thoughts on how the role of a business analyst is to help manage opportunity costs of decisions by knowing where you are and where you need to be - not where you want to be.
> The grass may appear greener on the other side and it may be tempting to switch over.
This hits home for me. I'm quite happy where I am right now, but there are times I wonder if I could land an even better position. I probably could, but I've also worked for enough companies over the years that I've seen enough crap to know that there's a lot of risk in jumping to another ship. Things could be better, but they could also be worse.
> The grass may appear greener on the other side and it may be tempting to switch over.
This hits home for me. I'm quite happy where I am right now, but there are times I wonder if I could land an even better position. I probably could, but I've also worked for enough companies over the years that I've seen enough crap to know that there's a lot of risk in jumping to another ship. Things could be better, but they could also be worse.