Careerist
noun
A person who values their own success in their job more than anything else.
He can't be trusted, he is a careerist who would do anything to climb up the corporate ladder.
Often appears as...
- corporate careerist
- ambitious careerist
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Disapproving
noun
A person who values their own success in their job more than anything else.
He can't be trusted, he is a careerist who would do anything to climb up the corporate ladder.
Often appears as...
- corporate careerist
- ambitious careerist
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Overtones
Careerist often implies someone is selfishly ambitious, disregarding others for personal gain.
Her careerist mindset made her an unpopular manager.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Specific
Use careerist in professional contexts to describe someone's approach to their work life.
In the corporate world, being labeled a careerist might hinder someone's team-based projects.
Pro Tip 3/3Climbing the Ladder
The term careerist is often associated with advancing in job positions, not just having a job.
He's seen as a careerist because he's had three promotions in two years.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Overtones
Careerist often implies someone is selfishly ambitious, disregarding others for personal gain.
Her careerist mindset made her an unpopular manager.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Specific
Use careerist in professional contexts to describe someone's approach to their work life.
In the corporate world, being labeled a careerist might hinder someone's team-based projects.
Pro Tip 3/3Climbing the Ladder
The term careerist is often associated with advancing in job positions, not just having a job.
He's seen as a careerist because he's had three promotions in two years.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Overtones
Careerist often implies someone is selfishly ambitious, disregarding others for personal gain.
Her careerist mindset made her an unpopular manager.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Specific
Use careerist in professional contexts to describe someone's approach to their work life.
In the corporate world, being labeled a careerist might hinder someone's team-based projects.
Pro Tip 3/3Climbing the Ladder
The term careerist is often associated with advancing in job positions, not just having a job.
He's seen as a careerist because he's had three promotions in two years.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
American Actress
I've never really been a careerist; I've never been able to step back and look at anything in that way. I though this is just what happens. I did take my work very seriously. I loved immersing myself in a character. I loved getting the opportunity to do that. I didn't realize how extraordinary it was, how lucky I was, because I was young.
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Peter York
British Journalist
Tabloid discussion of bad children always blames baby-boomer liberals, careerist mothers and fashion-crazed Nathan Barley types who think it's all enormously funny. But the centre-leftish psycho-thinker Oliver James says it's all down to the Thatcher-and-after culture of turbo-capitalism, making people acquisitive and unsatisfied.
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Arundhati Roy
Indian Novelist
I think people ease into this careerist professionalism, so if you're a writer it's your job to manufacture books as opposed to writing them and to go to festivals and spend your life emotionally invested in reviews or the awards. You have to shrink your universe in a way. To me, it's the opposite.
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Matt Taibbi
American Author
This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.
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Mike Mills
American Musician
One good and bad thing about New York is there's so much exciting stuff and so many people doing something interesting. I actually find in New York that you become more careerist and more focused on what's the newest, hippest thing.
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Jess Phillips
British Politician
Regardless of how people love to deride politicians, democracy is not an easy gig. My decisions, views and heartfelt principles are dismissed by so many as careerist, opportunist or attention-seeking.
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Harmony Korine
American Director
Here's the thing that people don't understand: I don't really care. I've never been a careerist. It's not a strategy. I react to certain characters and story lines and specific mode of filmmaking.
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Zac Goldsmith
British Politician
I can't be bought. I don't need to be bought. I'm not a careerist. I don't need to have a career in politics. I'm in a very, very luxurious position, but I am in a position of strength.
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Jacob Anderson
British Actor
I watch films and TV almost like as a hobby - not even as a hobby: it's bordering on careerist. It would be easier to tell you what I'm not into than what I am.
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Ben Howard
English Musician
I don't think I've ever been particularly careerist about music.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
American Actress
I've never really been a careerist; I've never been able to step back and look at anything in that way. I though this is just what happens. I did take my work very seriously. I loved immersing myself in a character. I loved getting the opportunity to do that. I didn't realize how extraordinary it was, how lucky I was, because I was young.
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Peter York
British Journalist
Tabloid discussion of bad children always blames baby-boomer liberals, careerist mothers and fashion-crazed Nathan Barley types who think it's all enormously funny. But the centre-leftish psycho-thinker Oliver James says it's all down to the Thatcher-and-after culture of turbo-capitalism, making people acquisitive and unsatisfied.
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Arundhati Roy
Indian Novelist
I think people ease into this careerist professionalism, so if you're a writer it's your job to manufacture books as opposed to writing them and to go to festivals and spend your life emotionally invested in reviews or the awards. You have to shrink your universe in a way. To me, it's the opposite.
Quote examples
Matt Taibbi
American Author
This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.
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Mike Mills
American Musician
One good and bad thing about New York is there's so much exciting stuff and so many people doing something interesting. I actually find in New York that you become more careerist and more focused on what's the newest, hippest thing.
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Jess Phillips
British Politician
Regardless of how people love to deride politicians, democracy is not an easy gig. My decisions, views and heartfelt principles are dismissed by so many as careerist, opportunist or attention-seeking.
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Harmony Korine
American Director
Here's the thing that people don't understand: I don't really care. I've never been a careerist. It's not a strategy. I react to certain characters and story lines and specific mode of filmmaking.
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Zac Goldsmith
British Politician
I can't be bought. I don't need to be bought. I'm not a careerist. I don't need to have a career in politics. I'm in a very, very luxurious position, but I am in a position of strength.
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Jacob Anderson
British Actor
I watch films and TV almost like as a hobby - not even as a hobby: it's bordering on careerist. It would be easier to tell you what I'm not into than what I am.
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Ben Howard
English Musician
I don't think I've ever been particularly careerist about music.
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