Mid-Career Reset Planning

Mid-career reset is a planned, intentional pivot in your career direction after 10+ years in a path. Instead of continuing the same trajectory (engineer → principal engineer → CTO), you branch: engineer → product manager, or engineer → founder, or engineer → strategy consultant. A reset requires: clarity on what you want, skills audit (what you have + what's needed), a transition plan (6-18 months), testing (validate new direction before full commitment), and execution (network, get experience, land new role).