Hello! Can anyone share insight/advice/personal experience on growing and moving up from a Director level role into a VP and then C-suite level role? Looking back at your progression, what were the best things you did to get you there?
Thank you!!

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I'm not there yet, but I've been appreciating content from jobdoctortessa on social media. She talks about the 5 levels of growth in careers, key abilities for each one and how to transition.

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Wow, that is awesome, thank you so much for sharing this w me I will check that account out!!!

I was VP around my 8th yr of my career and CTO about my 10th yr.

My advice is find a smaller pond so that you’ll be a bigger fish. Try finding a startup that you think will last at least 3yrs and join them as a VP or C-level.

I didnt consciously did that but that’s what happened to me. I was a Sr Prod Manager in a fortune 500 company, then my former boss recruited me his VP in his new startup.

Im no longer V and C level. But even up to now, i still get an invite to be recruited as a V or C

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Thank you for sharing your experience! I actually just did that about 6 months ago, also, and like you not for conscious strategic reasons, just because a great opportunity came up at a small start up. Nice to hear you’ve had the opportunity to progress in that environment!!!

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