For many of us, the climb isn’t linear — it’s looped with detours others never had to take.

We didn’t get lost.
We didn’t move slower.
We weren’t less ready.

We just weren’t fast-tracked.

We were navigating unspoken rules, moving goalposts, and invisible ceilings — all while carrying other people’s comfort, doubts, and assumptions.

Promotions weren’t handed to us. Titles came after years of doing the job before being allowed to claim it.

And still — we rise. On foundations we built ourselve

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