TL;DR: I plan to leave my company in 1 to 2 years. How do I build a "development plan" with my manager that is useful for me (and for the company if possible), and should I admit that I plan to leave in order for this process to be useful?
I'm one or two years away from RE.
As part of my FIRE plan I recently joined a team where I can have a reasonably meaningful role while still relaxing a little bit compared to my former team.
Today my manager told me he wants me to work on my IDP, my individual development plan. He basically wants me to think about where I'll be in 3 years, and also in 6 years.
He's dangling the carrot of a promotion in 3 years (I was promoted last year so a promotion in the next 2 years sounds unrealistic) with this plan, basically telling me I need to visualize this promotion so I can work on a set of milestones to achieve the goal.
Obviously, I don't really care. However, I'm wondering if there could be something in it for me. Like, is there an actual path in the next 1 or 2 years that could help me grow as a person (bonus points if it's helpful in RE) while still helping the company?
For example, I could fantasize about growing skills in Finance or tax, maybe, I don't know.
The thing is, as I thought about ways to make this process useful for me, I was wondering if I should be (slightly) honest with my manager and tell him (for example) that I see myself as owning my own business in 5 years, for example.
I can see many ways in how admitting that I plan to leave the company in 5 years (let alone 1) is not going to help me at all, but lying about it will also confirm to my hierarchy that building skills in this job (skills which will not necessarily be useful post RE) is what I want.
How would you approach the situation?