Most men wait to be noticed. The ones who get ahead make strategic moves. Here's the playbook.
Move one: become the most visible person in your department. Not the loudest — the most valuable. Document your wins. Share results. Make it impossible for leadership to not know your name.
Move two: learn to negotiate. Most men accept the first offer. The average salary negotiation takes 5 minutes and yields $5,000–$15,000 more per year. That compounds over a career into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Move three: build a second skill that complements your primary one. A developer who can sell is worth 3x a developer who can only code. A marketer who understands data is worth 2x one who doesn't.
Move four: change companies every 3–5 years. Internal raises average 3%. External moves average 15–20%. The math is simple. Move five: build your network before you need it. The best opportunities come through people, not job boards.
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