Re:Ask HN: Beyond CRUD and ETL – How to Grow Professionally?
by gaius on Saturday October 31, 2015 @04:12AM
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This is a recurring theme in that article
she's only ever written one program in anger and that was "functionally a brilliant success but performance-wise it was lousy
Once you have a reputation as "technical" you will never be promoted to senior ranks, esp. not in the UK.
This is what the Harvard Business Review has to say (pretty light on actionable advice though):
https://hbr.org/2011/03/the-new-path-to-the-c-suite
Another article:
http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Career-management-The-...
I guess an MBA could be of help, but it's useless unless you already have connections and all the other requirements in place.
http://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/6-must-have-ski...?
A recurring piece of advice is having been a consultant.
The other is building your relationship-building prowess.:
"Strong project management skills are critical to running a successful IT shop. But if you're hoping to climb that corporate ladder, it's important to know how to build relationships up, down, and sideways. In fact, according to a recent poll from SearchCIO, conducted of 875 senior and mid-level IT executives, CIOs who earn the highest salaries make building relationships with top executives more of a priority than managing IT projects.
"Being a CIO requires an ability to develop relationships in all directions--with your boss, outward with one's peers, with other C-level executives, heads of business units and relationships downwards as well,"