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For twenty-one years, I served as senior director of global operations at Ascent Systems, a software development company based in Denver, Colorado, specializing in enterprise resource planning solutions for manufacturing companies. I started in July 2004 as a junior operations analyst, fresh out of graduate school with my MBA from Colorado State University, earning $42,000 a year and living in a studio apartment that cost more than half my monthly income. By October 2025, my annual compensation had reached $192,000, plus quarterly bonuses, comprehensive benefits, and stock options I had accumulated over two decades.

I managed a department of forty-one professionals across three continents. My division generated $63 million in annual revenue. I was not just another employee with a polished title and a corner-office view of the Front Range.readmore below