Career sovereignty is when your job doesn’t own you—you own your skills, income, and choices. You can walk away, pivot, or build something new without panicking. The opposite of being career-sovereign is being one bad meeting away from an identity crisis.
He finally stopped chasing titles and built career sovereignty—now his boss needs him more than he needs the job.
by Oge4Real January 12, 2026
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Medical term-like: "phantom limb pain" that occures when you still feel pain in an arm or leg that has been amputated- happens when your career has been chopped off.
by DrM714 July 10, 2009
Get the phantom career pain mug.The process of working in the legal field, whereby a creative mind is whittled down to create a sophisticated but mindless rule follower that is paid to worry about other people's boring problems that no one would otherwise try to fix if it wasn't for the large amounts of cash that temporarily covers the meaninglessness of the once creative mind's new life.
"Did you hear that Bill graduated law school and is going into a legal career?"
"Yea, that poor guy will be a rich divorced alcoholic misanthrope in 10 years."
"Yea, that poor guy will be a rich divorced alcoholic misanthrope in 10 years."
by jon_newhart April 30, 2014
Get the legal career mug.The absolute top shelf career. The dream job. If, on a Saturday morning, you simply cannot wait for Monday, so you may return to work. Weekends take a back seat to your 'Superior Careerior' Examples: Rock Star. Race Car Driver. Supermodel Photographer. Fresh Air Inspector.
David Bowie's passing sadened many. However, there is no doubt, he enjoyed all the fame and fortune his Superior Careerior brought him.
by Rock'n Andy July 19, 2017
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by Yeetus Cafeetus November 14, 2019
Get the Yeetus Cafeetus mug.To the cynics, this is simply a case of media-hogging opportunists who have jumped on a voguish bandwagon in order to earn big bucks, indirectly boost a flagging career, or promote a book or movie in the works.
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