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171 Personal developers Personal mantra: «As long as I'm learning, I'm happy.» The breakdown: This category includes many 20-something con- tract workers, frequent job changers, as well as independent consult- ants. Most information technology professionals fall into this group. Personal developers evaluate their work in terms of whether they're being stretched, or whether they are acquiring a new skill. They are very quick to get bored, particularly if they are in what they see as a dead-end job. Although not risk takers by nature, they are prepared to take career risks if it will stretch them or expose them to a new arena in which they can acquire new skills. Personal developers are not without ambition. For many of them, it's important to advance in their careers and become players in their profession. But their identification is very much to their profession and their work, and not to any particular employer. CAREERISTS Personal mantra: "I want to get ahead, and I am willing to make the necessary sacrifices". The breakdown: Most careerists resemble the profile of tradi- tional baby boomers who evaluated their success in terms of opportuni- ties for advancement and increasing work responsibility ... Careerists are ambitious, motivated by prestige and status. They recognize that as they move up the ladder, they may be moving into other areas that reflect increasing responsibilities. A young lawyer looking down the road, for example, may equally see himself as partner in a large firm, a chief corporate secretary, or head of his own firm. AUTHENTICITY SEEKERS Personal mantra: "I gotta be me." The breakdown: Individuals motivated by authenticity refuse to "hang up their personality" at the door. They won't sacrifice their own personal expressiveness in order to play a corporate role. Don't ask them to put on a uniform, or to repress their personal values in Favor of "what's good for the company."