Her Career Unplugged | Career Advice for Women, Leadership & Real Stories
Jun 15, 2026 · 27 min · 8 segments
You've been in your role for two years. You know the job, people respect you, nothing is on fire. But every few months, that little voice shows up and asks if you should be doing more by now. Is it…
Joanne SkilesHost
Vimala PydiHost
With that, Joanne, let's get into it, right? What does career stall mean to you? I think we both have different perspectives.
The simplest way of what it means to me is that you're pausing, not saying that you're not doing your job, like not doing your job, but the fact is that you're not doing the hustle to get to the next step.
I know at different stages of my life, career stall meant different variations within my journey.
When I had my daughter 20 years ago, career stall was something that I was good at my job, I'll do what I'm doing the best, but I'm not going to hustle, be as aggressive that I would normally be.
Being a new mom, it felt like I'll do my job, be the best, but I'm not going to do everything else that we need to do, like networking, going and speaking, thought leadership.
Just going back to the analogy of like you're working out, you got everything that you wanted to do, you're trying different things, strength training, or you're trying to like maybe do some running, cardio.
Similarly, in my career, I did like development, I did the management, I did DevOps, I've been in so many different roles.
With that, Joanne, let's get into it, right? What does career stall mean to you? I think we both have different perspectives.
The simplest way of what it means to me is that you're pausing, not saying that you're not doing your job, like not doing your job, but the fact is that you're not doing the hustle to get to the next step.
I know at different stages of my life, career stall meant different variations within my journey.
When I had my daughter 20 years ago, career stall was something that I was good at my job, I'll do what I'm doing the best, but I'm not going to hustle, be as aggressive that I would normally be.
Being a new mom, it felt like I'll do my job, be the best, but I'm not going to do everything else that we need to do, like networking, going and speaking, thought leadership.
Just going back to the analogy of like you're working out, you got everything that you wanted to do, you're trying different things, strength training, or you're trying to like maybe do some running, cardio.
Similarly, in my career, I did like development, I did the management, I did DevOps, I've been in so many different roles.
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