Here is a challenge to all IT professionals. Take your current position and evaluate if you really earned it or if it was given to you. A true professional strive to make their job a career and not just ride the wave. Because you managed people before, do not mean you know how to manage IT.
It (IT) take skills in the field to grow with technology to determine if you are judged as the best or top in what you do.
Self evaluate, get fresh skills, engage with the top level executives. Make a mark that has never been made and improve the process.
A closed mouth do not get fed, as well as a closed mind.
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