Sholayo the IT manager. Wait till your bosses boss decides to contract you and your entire team to an Indian outsourcer, or when the Board decides your next project should be in “partnership” with Accenture, or somebody decides to submit you to “lean sigma” or when they decide to change the platform to SAP, or Oracle gets a foot in the door, or you get a software engineering zealot above you that wants to change your entire development methodology and tool set, or the girl you didn’t give a bonus to alleges you sexually harassed her or, or, or, or. There are so many ways your career can go down in flames that are beyond your control if you do not control your own destiny AND IT IS GETTING WORSE.
Property development? You wouldn’t even know what the skill set or business model is and there is no university course to teach you. I have a relative who got taught “ the knack”. I was a crew member when we brought his new acquisition- 72 feet, 2400hp, 400 litres an hour, at 34 knots from Sydney to Brisbane. He is a delightfully understanding and. mild mannered best mate. he makes his staff into millionaires and makes millions for his customers and some of it accrues to him as well. How does he do it? Not by following a handbook.