Gupta: Horizontal moves accelerate upward career trajectory faster than vertical climbing
Anneka Gupta · Shifting Career Altitudes: Insights from a CPO That's Led Nearly Every Function | Anneka Gupta · Oct 10, 2024 · at 41:16
Anneka Gupta, Chief Product Officer at Rubrik, shares career guidance for aspiring product executives on building broader functional leadership skills.
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“I have told people many times, giving them career advice, that moving horizontally within the company is incredibly valuable, and a lot of people think about their career and career growth as like, I have to just keep moving up and up and up, instead of thinking, well, there's a path to growing where actually I move sideways in different places before I move up, and that your trajectory of moving up after you've moved sideways will actually increase, even if it feels like a detour.”
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