After 20 Years in Corporate, Here Are 10 Brutal Truths!

(1) Your boss’s opinion about you often matters more than your performance. (2) You can give 20 years to a company, and one restructuring email can erase it all. (3) Most people don’t remember your hard work, they remember your visibility. Silent excellence often gets overlooked. (4) Networking beats job portals. Most mid-career roles never make it to Naukri/LinkedIn Jobs. They’re filled through referrals. (5) A VP with an EMI trap may be poorer than a Manager with no debt. (6) Skills become outdated faster than you think. What made you valuable at 30 may not make sense when you are 40. …