What does bottleneck mean?

It is a metaphor for the parts that are prone to obstacles. For example: traffic bottleneck

bottle neck, bottleneck

generally refers to the key limiting factor in the whole. Bottlenecks have different meanings in different fields. Bottlenecks in industrial development refer to those industries that cannot adapt to the development of other industries in the industrial system that constitutes industrial correlation.

Bottlenecks in production refer to those single factors or a few factors that limit the overall level of workflow (including workflow completion time, workflow quality, etc.). For personal development, "bottleneck" is generally used to describe the stagnant state encountered in career development. This stage is like the neck of a bottle, which is a gate, and the exit is further up. However, if you don't find the right direction, you may still be trapped at the bottleneck. Regardless of whether it is a country, an enterprise or an individual, the key to seeking greater development is to concentrate resources to first break through bottleneck factors.

Network bottlenecks refer to some related factors that affect network transmission performance and stability, such as hardware equipment foundation, network topology, network cables, network cards, server configuration, network connection equipment, etc. With the development of the Internet, network bottlenecks have become a problem that restricts network development, and it has also become a topic.

Bottleneck means the neck of the bottle, which is the weakest link in the entire system. That is to say, it will appear when there is a hardware performance in your computer configuration that limits the performance of the entire computer. bottleneck effect. For example, if you use a super luxurious configuration, but only install a 256 memory, then the performance of your entire computer depends on your memory, and the performance of the memory will immediately increase.

It should be said that bottlenecks will appear at any time, because if the performance here is improved, then the relatively low performance will limit the computer performance, and if the other one is improved, a new one will appear.

In general, if it can be balanced, high-end should be matched with high-end, and low-end should be matched with low-end. In this way, each hardware balancing application can meet your requirements, and at the same time, it should leave some room for upgrade

According to the definition of OPT, the so-called bottleneck refers to the resources whose actual production capacity is less than or equal to the production load .

[Edit this paragraph] The meaning of "bottleneck" in life

"Bottleneck" is generally used to describe the stagnant state encountered in career development. This stage is like the neck of a bottle, which is a gate, and the exit is further up. However, if you don't find the right direction, you may still be trapped at the bottleneck. For all women who desire development, the bottleneck is a period that requires special attention.

Wei Min, who studied law, was 21 years old and graduated from college that year. Entered a new law firm as a paralegal. The first few years went smoothly. In the second year, Wei Min became a full-time lawyer, and in the third year, he began to handle cases independently. The next 4 years were uneventful. In the eyes of others, female lawyer Wei Min is becoming more and more mature. But in the fifth year, Zhan Min found that the job she was engaged in did not seem to be much different from the previous two years. She began to feel confused. She felt that she was at a second crossroads in her career.

Hongxin worked her way up from a general accountant to her current position as a financial manager step by step. But since her marriage, she has not been as active in her work as before, and her work content has not changed. Recently, the company merged with another company, and the personnel also had to be reorganized. It turned out that the three financial managers of the two companies only needed one. Hongxin, who had always been content with the status quo, discovered that her competitiveness was not strong compared with others, and her work was also limited. A feeling of powerlessness.

The current situation of Wei Min and Hongxin is a "bottleneck" state. Generally speaking, it takes 1-2 years for college graduates to adapt to the environment after entering the workplace. After these 1-2 years, it has been a relatively stable period with relatively rapid development. But around the third or fifth year, they will face the second critical period of their career, which is the bottleneck period. During this period, the speed of development in the past few years has slowed down. You will feel that you are spinning in circles, your work is in a state of stagnation, and sometimes you will feel that "the present is not as good as it used to be." .

Basically, everyone will encounter their own bottleneck period. If they handle it well, they will find new outlets for career development and achieve greater success. However, many people give up during this period to stand out. His efforts ended up ruining his future.

There are many reasons for the "bottleneck" phenomenon, which are closely related to everyone's career, family and own status.

Let’s take a look at Wei Min’s situation first. The unmarried Wei Min naturally has no family burdens, and her love life has always been smooth. So what is the reason for the slow development of her career? Let’s start with Wei Min’s workplace. Wei Min came to this new law firm as soon as he graduated. Not long after he started his business, this law firm was in urgent need of talents, so Wei Min became a lawyer in just one year. After being promoted, in the next few years, the scale of this law firm continued to expand, and a large number of full-time lawyers were hired one after another. Many of them have obtained master's degrees and doctorate degrees, and some have studied abroad. Cheng Guihui: Other lawyers have special expertise in real estate, finance or securities. However, Wei Min, who graduated with a bachelor's degree, neither continued to improve her academic qualifications nor paid attention to cultivating her expertise in a certain aspect in the past few years, so in the fifth year, she began to feel that she was stagnant.

The reason for Wei Min's "bottleneck" effect can be said to be the most common and widespread one, which is when others are moving forward. I don’t work hard, so at a certain point I will feel inadequate due to lack of stamina.

Another reason for the "bottleneck" phenomenon is that career goals are too dispersed. Wenmei is a girl with a wide range of hobbies. She was the president of the school drama club when she was in the Foreign Languages ??Institute. After being assigned to teach English in a middle school, she became obsessed with decoration design. After studying for a period of time at the College of Arts and Crafts, she met a A friend started doing interior design. In another year, the TV station’s music program recruitment planning will take place. She worked at the TV station for another half a year, but later quit because she felt the work was too tiring. After that, she worked in an import and export trading company and an air cargo company respectively. The term "shooting a gun and changing places" is a perfect way to describe Wenmei. In the blink of an eye, Wen Meidu has graduated seven years ago. Some of her classmates and friends are continuing their studies in college, and some have become famous designers. Only she is still lingering in the same place.

No matter what kind of career you are engaged in. There needs to be a process of accumulation and accumulation; if the career goals are too scattered, this accumulation process will not go through. Although you may have a relatively good salary and benefits for the time being, when it comes time to soar, your development will encounter obstacles. Because almost all success requires accumulation. For Wenmei, in fact, no matter which field she is in, she will make progress as long as she persists, but because she gave up halfway. So she was always unable to break through the "bottleneck" position.

The third reason is also very common, that is, not finding your position correctly. Xiao Xiao's major is human resources management, but she has always been interested in marketing. However, considering the problem of professional counterpart, she stayed in the company's human resources department for 3 years. The first two years were fine, but in the third year, Xiao Xiao always felt that his work was unchanged and there was no progress. Xiao Xiao did not expect that the fundamental reason why he was in a "bottleneck" period was because he was never doing the job he liked and was best at.

Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, especially at work. It is most important to recognize what you are suitable for. When you feel that you are working hard and serious but you always stagnate at work. time. You should re-examine yourself: Am I suitable for this job? Do I like this job or not? Generally speaking, if a person doesn't like a job, his performance may be mediocre. Although it is not necessarily bad; it is definitely difficult to be excellent. Only when people are doing work that they really like will they burst out with passion, and therefore will they achieve great results.

Slightly different from the above example, the reason why some people face the "bottleneck" state is purely objective. Hongxin's situation is like this: she was originally a very active person at work, but after getting married, in order to support her husband's career, she gradually gave up her pursuit. On the surface, there was no change in her attitude towards work, but the real change came from her heart. She no longer regarded work as a way to realize herself, but as a task that had to be completed. She may not even be aware of this change. But it was this change that made her no longer positive about her work, and therefore she encountered a "bottleneck" period.

Many women unknowingly change their attitude towards work after getting married or having children, and lose their previous enterprising spirit. Therefore, at a certain point, their career status stagnates; there are also some women. They were affected by some emergencies, such as the death of a relative at home, breakup of love, etc. Faced with the blow, the first thing they gave up was their career, and this went on for a while. It is not surprising that a "bottleneck" effect occurs.

Wu Xiaofeng is a legal affairs representative of a multinational investment company in Beijing. She said; "I am very lucky that I have encountered a 'bottleneck' situation, otherwise I would not have achieved what I have today." Her "bottleneck" period occurred seven years ago, when she was assigned to teach mathematics in a middle school in Qingdao after graduating from Shandong Normal University. The unchanging lifestyle and rigid job were both unbearable for her. She began to think about how to change her situation; "For nearly half a year, I have been asking myself: What do I really want? Can my life no longer change?" Wu Xiaofeng finally decided to take a graduate degree. She did not choose her original mathematics major, but chose law. After hard work, she succeeded.

In fact, there are many times in a person's life when you need to calm down and think about where to go. On the surface. "The emergence of a 'bottleneck' state indicates that your career is not going very smoothly, but the bottleneck period just provides you with the best opportunity to reflect on yourself. A person's life is like the sea, with peaks and troughs. If everything goes smoothly all the time , without any setbacks, once a big wave falls, it will be a greater danger. "The bottleneck period is the connection between the two. It gives you time to reflect on whether your choice of career is correct and to pursue it yourself. Is the way of doing business the most appropriate? From this perspective, it is not only normal to have a "bottleneck" state, but it will also be helpful to your future career.