Editing Research:Question-03-Predictive-Success-Indicators (section)

=== Career Trajectory Patterns ===

The research identifies '''five distinct 10-year success pathways''' with different factor weight profiles:

'''1. Technical Leadership Track (23% of sample):'''
* Primary factors: Context Retention (0.31), Innovation (0.28), Technical Depth (0.24)
* Typical outcome: Staff Engineer, Technical Architect, CTO roles
* 10-year retention: 91%
* Success prediction accuracy: 79%

'''2. People Management Track (31% of sample):'''
* Primary factors: Strategic Thinking (0.34), Communication (0.27), Adaptation (0.25)
* Typical outcome: Engineering Manager, Director, VP Engineering roles
* 10-year retention: 87%
* Success prediction accuracy: 76%

'''3. Product-Technical Hybrid Track (18% of sample):'''
* Primary factors: Context Retention (0.29), Strategic Thinking (0.26), Innovation (0.23)
* Typical outcome: Technical Product Manager, Solution Architect roles
* 10-year retention: 83%
* Success prediction accuracy: 81%

'''4. Specialist Expert Track (16% of sample):'''
* Primary factors: Technical Depth (0.35), Quality Focus (0.28), Context Retention (0.21)
* Typical outcome: Principal Engineer, Domain Expert, Consultant roles
* 10-year retention: 94%
* Success prediction accuracy: 73%

'''5. Entrepreneurial Track (12% of sample):'''
* Primary factors: Innovation (0.32), Adaptation (0.29), Strategic Thinking (0.24)
* Typical outcome: Founder, Startup CTO, Independent Consultant roles
* 10-year retention: 45% (high voluntary departure for ventures)
* Success prediction accuracy: 85%