I'm not a bad communicator and have entrepreneurial blood so I explored various leadership opportunities over the years but it wasn't really a fit for me. I did

I'm not a bad communicator and have entrepreneurial blood so I explored various leadership opportunities over the years but it wasn't really a fit for me. I did well in the various roles but didn't enjoy it. To point straight at the childhood desires behind it all, I like receiving puzzles to work on and I like wowing people by anticipting their needs and exceeding their expectations. One can frame management/executive-track work that way too, but the third desire is to do that in the peace and quiet of my own space and (mostly) on my own time -- so for me it all pointed back to increasingly sophisticated remote contract work and using my entrpreneurial blood and commmuniction skills to facilitate it. I don't think anybody can predict what direction you might want to go, but I do suggest you think about what you're really after in your career and which of your opportunities are more or less aligned with that.