Three careers, quickly
First career: hands. Sixteen years of pipefitting, ironwork, and steel — the factories other people's software would later run.
Second career: rooms. Security engineering to Big 4 Senior Director; disaster recovery for global companies; M&A technology to the multiple Bs; CTO for a $4B data start-up; VP of SaaS & Finance at SAP.
Third career: both. Unnamed Firm builds software shaped to how SMBs actually run — the thing career one needed and career two priced out of reach.
The full stack of job titles, for the curious:
Founder and Chief Revenue Officer
Farmer
VP Operations & Infrastructure
Head of Business Office
Head of Finance
Head of Data and Analytics
Head of Professional Services
Head of Consulting
Head of Service Quality
Head of PMO/Program Management Office
Head of Strategy
Head of Public Relations
Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, Controlling
Senior Director
Management Consultant
Principal Consultant
CyberSecurity Consultant
Practice Director
Product Director
Head of Infrastructure Asset Management
Head of Disaster Recovery
Head of Reporting
Managed Services/Professional Services Director
Senior Engineer (Network | UNIX | Microsoft | Linux | Security | Servers | Storage)
Legal Assistant
Forklift services sales rep
Photocopier sales rep
Iron Worker
Pipe Fitter
Roustabout (né Go’fer)