While maintaining a good work-life balance is still as desirable as ever, it may also be more difficult than ever. Having technology constantly available makes it hard for us to disconnect from our jobs. But making time for family, health, and hobbies is beneficial not only to our lives, but also to our work.

Many employees don’t view a lateral move as a step in the right direction. A career ladder, after all, is depicted as going upward, not sideways. Yet the skills learned in the new position can broaden your capabilities and expand the number of opportunities to advance. Think about the potential benefits.

Unlike waterfall, where people had to do their best to explain the value of automation, agile more naturally promotes that need for these tools through its rapidity and integration of testing throughout the development process. Agile assumes automation is the key ingredient of your mission strategy.