What has been the most surprising thing about being a Director that you only realized after you were promoted?

When you become a Director you usually become an executive at the same time. The biggest change that happens is the way how people look at you: everything you say is inte...

Many promotions happen because the person was already performing and showing up as being at the next level. Depending on the company, the Director role marks a clearer li...

Leveling up to Dr level meant being a point of contact for many people at the company, which meant more inquiries from sales, customers, leadership, and other product tea...

The most surprising aspect of transitioning from a Product Manager to a Director role was the significant shift in the nature of customer feedback I encountered. While I ...

The work keeps getting more and more ambiguous the more senior you become. You have to take initiative to stay connected across the company, keep a pulse of the market/ne...

I think I intuitively knew this, but the amount of time one ends up spending on trying to improve communication between different individuals and teams in the organizatio...