I strongly identify as an engineer. About a decade into my career I had a wake up call. In business it is all about money. First priority is to make money and s

I strongly identify as an engineer. About a decade into my career I had a wake up call. In business it is all about money. First priority is to make money and second priority is to save money. That is what the P/L is all about. Unless your company's product is software, you are working for a cost-center and costs need to be managed (aka reduced as much as possible). As a consultant, I focus on solving business problems. Technologies are the tools applied to realize the solutions. I believe that the path to career success is to develop deep domain knowledge in some industry and use your tech chops to deliver results.