Inspirational! I reckon the biggest achievement is that you've managed to preserve curiosity from a young age. Kudos to your dad, too!
Growing up in Serbia, in the post-Yugoslav times, these were my fav adversaries of curiosity: "don't be a smartass", "just be good at school/job/?, and somebody will notice and reward you", "public sector = safe employment", "ah, like you need to know everything" (when being extra curios), "leave it, I'll do it myself" (as soon as you shift from the "right" path for solving a problem or they see you facing even a minor obstacle), "entrepreneurship = shaddy business". Thankfully, my parents were supportive.
I recognize many aspects you mentioned, especially the public job. I had one for a year, and when I decided to quit, my relatives bashed me a lot. I wanted to drive more change instead of hunting job, which was my reality at the public sector.
Inspirational! I reckon the biggest achievement is that you've managed to preserve curiosity from a young age. Kudos to your dad, too!
Growing up in Serbia, in the post-Yugoslav times, these were my fav adversaries of curiosity: "don't be a smartass", "just be good at school/job/?, and somebody will notice and reward you", "public sector = safe employment", "ah, like you need to know everything" (when being extra curios), "leave it, I'll do it myself" (as soon as you shift from the "right" path for solving a problem or they see you facing even a minor obstacle), "entrepreneurship = shaddy business". Thankfully, my parents were supportive.
I recognize many aspects you mentioned, especially the public job. I had one for a year, and when I decided to quit, my relatives bashed me a lot. I wanted to drive more change instead of hunting job, which was my reality at the public sector.
Is it really sane to place CPO as a Career goal? The career goal shouldn't be to be a true empowered Product Manager, CPO being a retreat position?
Interesting question.
It depends on what you aim for. And I see that as rather a personal ambition.
From my side, I always enjoyed leading and taking the initiative. I have a lot of energy from that, so it was my ambition.
Overall, I believe a great ambition is to become a better version of yourself every day. And what better means, only you can define it.