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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A legit “brand” change is moving from technical expert to leader. Not every technical expert makes a good leader, and you have to start showing leadership skills (strategic thinking, coalition building, change management, etc.). Some posters may scoff at this, but it’s real and must be done to climb the ladder. I’m not denying the workplace still has unfair dynamics and that some people are promoted based on connections, but some of the posts seem overly dismissive of the need to evolve into a leader as you advance. If I need someone to lead a team or office, I will pick someone with established leadership skills even if they have ZERO subject matter expertise over an established expert who’s ill equipped to lead.

Often, the higher up you go, the less your technical skills matter. [/quote]

if a technical expert wants to be a seasoned technical expert, s/he needs to have business judgement. For example, you can do correlation analysis with 100000 rows of data. So does a 28 year old with phd from closest university. how do this 52 year old differentiate him/herself? by translating that analysis into profit, forecast the market needs of XYZ real estate developers and sell them hardware, ect... or provide loans to consumers using stats skillset. at the same time allocate resources carefully so you are not spending 40 hours on negative profit prospect.

if basic economy/capitalistic view is considered gross. then the market will have a surprise for you at 55 year old. [/quote]

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