This! Except without the burn out, and I'd move "sales" from last to first. Looking back, being more involved in B2B sales (aka straight on the battle lines) h

This! Except without the burn out, and I'd move "sales" from last to first. Looking back, being more involved in B2B sales (aka straight on the battle lines) has been absolutely instrumental for my growth. There's this stereotype (true for me) that us techies need to get better at listening to people, spotting and reconciling conflicting interests, motives and objections. Finding common grounds. An increase in empathy, balanced by a scary loss of ego. Do words like "business value" and "process" sound like pointy-haired mumbo-jumbo? They did to me, a decade ago. There's nothing like your livelihood on the line to give self-improvement a little urgency.