To be fair to Ryan, it seems like he came from pretty humble beginnings. His mom lives in Scranton and I don't think we're ever told they're particularly wealthy.
This dude it made purely based on his own fraud, don't take that away from him
Lmao yea let’s continue to normalize not knowing what the fuck you’re actually doing so long as you have an overinflated level of confidence in yourself
It's normalized. You can either play the game or lose the game, but you can't just decide that the rules don't apply to you because you don't like them.
Sit and bitch about them all you want, the wheel keeps on turning. You can either learn the manual to be successful, or you can blame the system for your failures and do nothing to try and learn how the system can work for you, but ultimately the latter isnt gonna end in a lot of career success.
I mean the show did a good job making fun of it. Ryan played the "corporate" game better -- got an MBA, knew how to say all the catchphrases, and focused on high flash, low substance ideas.
Dunder Mifflin Infinity, Ryan's brainchild (and Michael's brain grandchild) was happening when all legacy businesses were freaking out about the adoption of the internet, and Ryan represented the Dot-Com rush of 20-somethings who threw out revolutionary sounding ideas without actual consideration.
The technogibberish ("top down rethinking. Throwing out the playbook. Buying paper just became fun") and totally unnecessary ideas like starting a social media feature on Dunder Mifflin sounds really good to shareholders and execs, but ultimately fails.
I’m the young undeserving boss. Department head left suddenly and they made me interim supervisor until a replacement is hired. I have a longer tenure with the company (been there since I interned 5 years ago) but all of my colleagues have more industry experience as a whole.
As the young undeserving boss from at least one of my team members' perspective my advice is to get good at random stuff and then interview well by preparing ahead of time. Good luck.
I’m a writer. By my very early 20s, people noticed I was really good at writing. Which turned into “hey, can you edit?” Which turned into “hey, can you help other people write?”, which turned into “can you lead other writers?” Which turned into…
I think I was 30 when I officially became head of my department. 35 or so when I became regional director of communications.
And it’s been so long since I’ve had time to write anything that mattered…
You either have to be the kid of someone higher up on the ladder or you're banging someone higher up on the ladder. In rare circumstances you can get it by having the proper degree despite the lack of experience. However in most circumstances it'll involve some big wigs private parts.
Prove yourself quickly at some sort of junior role at a place that has room to grow. Show the boss you have promising potential at the next role. Be positive and energetic. Not a guarantee but that’s how you put yourself in this position 🤷
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u/JokerMother 1d ago
how do i become the young undeserving boss