Today Bassam Salem shares his best advice for tech professionals looking to make their next career move. Listen in as Jen and Bassam discuss the power of soft skills, why collaboration and influence can be more important than tech skills, and why a side hustle could hurt your chances of long-term career success.

Bassam Salem is the founder and CEO of AtlasRTX and the former COO at inContact (acquired by NICE) and MaritzCX (acquired by inMoment). AtlasRTX is the first tech startup incubated under his venture consultancy, Mindshare Ventures. After immigrating to the United States from Egypt as a foreign student, he received his BS, MS, and MPhil degrees in computer science and his MBA from the University of Utah. Based in Park City, he is now happy to call Utah home.

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