How can continuing to learn help you move forward in your career?

Good question.How can continuing your education help you advance your career?

Interesting question.Advancing over time is closely linked to, I would say,to never stop learning.

And that point has been very important to me.In fact, my career has taken many leaps and changes over time,Precisely because I managed to learn things I didn't know before.

And one of the clearest examples was: I started out as an civil engineer,in construction.

All sectors were in a bit of a crisis because the fact that the government was in crisis, that the public budget had been cut,was affecting the economy in general.

So that's when I decided to do the MBA to solve that problem, because people didn't understand what I did for a living.

When you go to talk to a recruiter, recruiters usually categorize you.

You are marketing, you are operations, you are finance, you are sales.

When you look at an engineer who used to manage public works,That profile does a little bit of everything.

It does the planning, execution, negotiates with the property,close the contracts.

So for them it was really confusing, and what was clear to me is I needed to make my profile a little more complete and also talk about the same language, because I didn't speak it, there wasn't any, I hadn't studied it either to understand what each of those pillars meant throughout my career professional until then. In order to do that,It was super important to be able to learn some new skills.

And to achieve that, I did an MBA, which completely changed my profile.

That allowed me to get in or open doors at sectors that would otherwise not have been able to do so.

That's what allowed me to jump into everything else.

When Ferrovial offered me professional continuity and a good project in exchange for leaving the training program.

For me, the decision had already been made.That allowed me to move to the United States,learn many other things, have a vital experience abroad,which is something I hadn't had until then.

And then, back again, the whole part of my life in consulting,learn about a lot of industries, interact with really cool people smart aviation, utilities, aerospace industry It was an awesome experience.

A professional career must have a common thread that runs through it.sense, but that common thread does not necessarily have to be an industry,It's more about how you develop your skills.

If they had asked me about Xavi, the civil engineer who worked Construction, where are you going to end up?

Well, at that time I probably would have said linear growth.within the same industry.

If you had asked me about aviation, I would have definitely already I gave a different answer. Because I already knew that my professional development wasn't going to be dedicate myself to finance, dedicate myself to operations, or dedicate myself to a specific industry, but rather I am passionate about solve problems. And I go where there is a problem.which is interesting, regardless of the role and regardless of the industry.

And that is consistency.But it's from my career, not necessarily from someone else's career.

And this is also the interesting part when it comes to understanding the people who are part of your teams, because each one has their own needs,their priorities, and we also need to help them understand what those are.because many people have not yet discovered them.