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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the king of reinventing myself.

Let's see: I started in IT, them moved to project management, then became a freelance cameraman, then worked on the stock exchange, then moved into mortgages, then went into strategic sourcing, then finance.

Yea, I get bored easily. [/quote]

Any strategies for moving fluidly from one industry to another?  Did anyone question your ability to do well in the new fields?  [/quote]

It sounds cliched but ... Confidence. Also it's kind of an obvious answer but an MBA from a top tier program will let you do anything. 
Other then that it's about stringing pieces together: in IT it's about delivering projects - that's kind of like being a project manager. Stock exchange (think open outcry) is about math. Mortgages an securitized assets are too. Strategic sourcing is about finding savings - so attention to detail (project mgmt) and math.

Best advice I have is to figure out where you are (point A) what's missing from your skillset and then figure out what the intermediary steps are to get to point D.

Education is one path- but only if a top school. [/quote]

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