[jrumbut]

The other glass half full aspect here is that you'll be able to establish a network of people who are or will be CIOs when it's time to launch.

Then you'll have the explaining problem partially solved. "I don't understand it either but I know to listen when ol' @eloff talks about Postgres performance."

[demadog]

Yes this is the way - networks get really powerful in the mid career years (35-50)