Professionalism and career are essentially two different aspects in today’s corporate world. There are many professionals who exudes professionalism with profound proclivity but decide not to build their career with same enthusiasm. Career building requires to pivot at times of need, making successive vertical moves and receptivity towards changing work obligations. Though, it depends on individual priorities, but with emerging new era of artificial intelligence it’s profoundly more important than ever to work towards building professional acumen which will bring more professional prestige and foster timely pivot in career when needed. Organizations should be focusing on their employee’s wellbeing and professional contentment through understanding these dynamics and interplay of career and professionalism.