Sit on the boundary between multiple groups - communicate well with both
Expand your skills (life cycle, industry, application, languages, software)
This pays VERY WELL. Why?
Multiple Cultures
North American / Japanese
Business Users / Programmers
Marketing Business Users / Engineering Business
Users
Network Administrators / Database Administrators
Data Designers / Database
Administrators
Programmers / Technical Writers
Analysts / Instructional Designers
Multiple Technologies
Oracle developers / Microsoft
SQL developers
Java Programmers / VB.NET Programmers
Strategies
Continue to exploit your existing skills
Learn about the goals and values
of others
Seek opportunities to work with others
Add to your skills