📚 Careerism [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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===== 📚 Careerism =====

**Careerism** is the practice of prioritizing personal career advancement above all else — often at the expense of integrity, truth, or the collective good.

In academic and medical contexts, it refers to:

> *The pursuit of titles, promotions, publications, or prestige-driven accomplishments that serve one's own professional image rather than the actual advancement of knowledge, patient care, or institutional purpose.*

==== 🧠 Examples in neurosurgery or academia ====

  * Publishing for the sake of metrics rather than substance  
  * Attending or organizing conferences mainly for visibility or networking, not for real learning  
  * Aligning with dominant views not out of conviction, but to maintain status or funding

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> **Careerism is when the ladder becomes more important than the destination.**