Vanessa & Holland talk a lot about leveling up your career through soft skills, being paid to think, and people management — because growth can happen very quickly (and lucratively) that way.

But that does not mean that growing your career through hard skills is out of the question.

In this episode, the Work Wives discuss every individual contributor’s dream: achieving career growth without managing people.

Welcome to Ask Your Work Wife, a new podcast where Vanessa & Holland answer your real questions about real work in corporate America. Covering topics from quitting to interviewing to negotiating to resumes and meetings. It’s about knowing the rules of the game so you can get what you want.

Email us your questions at [email protected] and listen for a new episode every Wednesday. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram at @askyourworkwife!