Most mid-career product people who are doing reasonably well make 2 implicit assumptions that affect their quality of life: 1. the ceiling of key product skills is just an inch higher than where they are now (i.e. they’re basically already at the ceiling) 2. the point of any upskilling is to get a better job in the future (via a promotion or changing jobs) Both assumptions are false and harmful, but assumption #2 is what’s actually holding them back from the work-life balance they seek at…