Take on responsibility. Be the developer who talks to people in other teams, thinks about what the business needs, how their work fits into the wider picture.

Take on responsibility. Be the developer who talks to people in other teams, thinks about what the business needs, how their work fits into the wider picture. Volunteer for everything you can at work. There are plenty of micro roles at work for example I became the Kubernetes “expert” but that’s a relative term of course I’m pretty much a beginner but I take responsibility for the Kubernetes stuff and am willing to learn as I go. This is some of the quality you need at least in SME or startup land. Check if your company has a career development matrix or plan too. If not check out public ones posted online, many companies share them these days.