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Expression: "I have reached the last rung of my career ladder."



 
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Expression: "I have reached the last rung of my career ladder." #1 (permalink) Thu Sep 06, 2007 15:11 pm   Expression: "I have reached the last rung of my career ladder."
 

Hi

Do you find it correct and natural?

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I have reached the last rung of my career ladder.


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Expression: "I have reached the last rung of my career ladder." #2 (permalink) Thu Sep 06, 2007 16:20 pm   Expression: "I have reached the last rung of my career ladder."
 

Hi Tom

Your sentence is fine, but it suggests to me that you may have hit a dead end in your career -- i.e. you might like to progress further in your career, but are unable to. Was it your intention to suggest that?

I guess the exact interpretation of your sentence would be pretty context dependent.
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Expression: "I have reached the last rung of my career ladder." #3 (permalink) Thu Sep 06, 2007 20:15 pm   Expression: "I have reached the last rung of my career ladder."
 

Amy, if one feels that one has reached one's saturation point in some office--or there is no more promotion to look forward to, can't he say? I am adding one word.

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I have reached the last rung of my career ladder (here).


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reposted #4 (permalink) Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:40 am   reposted
 

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I suppose you could say that, Tom.

If it is clear from the broader context that you are referring to your career, you might hear sentences such as these:

- I've gone just about as far as I can go here. It's time to move on.
- My career is at a dead-end here.
- There are no challenges (or opportunities) left for me here.


And especially a woman might say something like this:
- I've hit the glass ceiling.
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