My career has transitioned from Trainer to Curriculum Developer to Technical Writer to Program Manager to Agile Coach to Product Owner. How it happened, a possible alignment of the stars *grin* but I would put it down to taking a chance. Some of us are lucky to have a mentor to guide us along the way, or role models to inspire the moves we make, but in my case it has been a mental state of dissatisfaction that has proved introspective.
So this post is about dwelling on that niggling discontent with the current circumstances. What I have learned to do is after the initial stage of cribbing and delving into self-pity and blaming everyone else for my miserable situation, I stumble upon the glimmer of hope. Then I build on it and work on it until it works itself into a situation which I am happy about.
While documenting the release features, I found myself reviewing them and providing feedback; no rocket science this, but just by keeping at this behavior I realized that I wanted to do more in the scheme of a project. So when the offer to step in for a Program Manager came around in 2007, I jumped at it and its been a whirlwind ride ever since.
My learnings
1) Be aware of my current state-of-mind
2) Be alert to opportunities that show themselves often in quiet ways
3) Seize the moment
4) Establish yourself
So this post is about dwelling on that niggling discontent with the current circumstances. What I have learned to do is after the initial stage of cribbing and delving into self-pity and blaming everyone else for my miserable situation, I stumble upon the glimmer of hope. Then I build on it and work on it until it works itself into a situation which I am happy about.
While documenting the release features, I found myself reviewing them and providing feedback; no rocket science this, but just by keeping at this behavior I realized that I wanted to do more in the scheme of a project. So when the offer to step in for a Program Manager came around in 2007, I jumped at it and its been a whirlwind ride ever since.
My learnings
1) Be aware of my current state-of-mind
2) Be alert to opportunities that show themselves often in quiet ways
3) Seize the moment
4) Establish yourself
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