The advice sounded simple when Cara first heard it years ago. Stay close to the technology. She thought she understood. Technology changes fast, so stay current. Don't get stagnant. Basic career wisdom for anyone in tech.
She was completely wrong about what her mentor actually meant.
Now, as Chief Product Officer at Care Lumen after years leading product at Amwell and Blue Shield of California, Cara admits she probably overindexes on time with her technology teams. While other product leaders focus exclusively on user experience and stakeholder management, she's obsessing over architecture and infrastructure.
There's a reason. She learned something the hard way that her mentor was trying to tell her from the beginning. A gap exists that kills promising leaders the moment they hit the executive level. You rise by mastering roadmaps and prioritization, then suddenly you're making decisions about investments that could make or break the company.
That distance from technology that felt efficient when you were juggling a million priorities? It's actually the thing making you disposable. What Cara shares about why she still spends so much time with her tech teams reveals the real interpretation of advice she's carried for over a decade.
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