// The Hard or Wrong test
Should I quit my job? Run the Hard or Wrong test.
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Some jobs are hard because they're worth it. Some are hard because they're wrong. Three questions, a few minutes, and a clear verdict: keep going, change the road, or walk away.
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// A worked example
One job decision, run through the test
This is a made-up example. Maya is not a real person. Her decision: quit her marketing job after a year of feeling stuck, or stay.
Question one
What are you actually trying to achieve?
Maya's first answer was "stop dreading Mondays." That is a feeling, not a goal. Her second try: "Lead a product team of my own within two years." That one she could point at afterwards.
Question two
Is this hard, or is it wrong?
She picked "There's a fact I've been ducking." She had never asked her manager whether a lead role was possible on her team. A real answer existed, and one conversation could get it.
She went and got it
The fact
Her manager told her plainly: no lead roles opening on that team for at least two years, and no plans to create one.
Question three
What's the move?
She still wanted the goal. This job was not the road to it. She picked "The goal is right, the road is wrong."
Her verdict: change the road. Not "quit because it feels bad," and not "push through harder." She kept the goal and started looking for a team with a lead role she could grow into, with a date to check her progress.
// Common questions about quitting
How do I know if a bad stretch at work is just hard?
Ask what you are trying to achieve, then check the evidence. If you still want the goal, the road is still getting you there, and the work is yours to do, it is hard, not wrong. Hard costs you something every time. It does not mean you are in the wrong place.
What are signs the job itself is wrong?
You no longer want the thing at the end of it. Or you still want it, but this job is not the road that gets you there, and the facts say so. Or the work matters, but it does not need to be you doing it. Any of those is wrong, not hard, and grinding harder will not fix it.
Should I quit before I have another job?
Check question two first. If there is a fact you have been ducking, like how many months of savings you have or whether another company would hire you, go get that fact before you decide. Quitting without a fact you could have had is a guess. Quitting with it is a decision.
How do I decide when I can't afford to quit?
Not being able to afford it today does not make the job right. It makes the move a 'not yet': something real has to happen first. Name what that is, such as a savings number or a first interview, put a date on it, and work the order instead of waiting for the feeling to pass.
// Keep going