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Developer Career Masterplan

You're reading from  Developer Career Masterplan

Product type Book
Published in Sep 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801818704
Pages 310 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Heather VanCura Heather VanCura
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Bruno Souza Bruno Souza
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1 The Basics: Learn and Practice the Technical Skills
2. Chapter 1: The Secret to Learning about Technology Quickly and Continuously 3. Chapter 2: Choose Your Best Path for Learning, Training, and Certifications 4. Chapter 3: Optimize Your Support Network for Growth 5. Chapter 4: Acquire the Right Skills Deliberately 6. Chapter 5: Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone 7. Part 2 Get Involved: Participate in the Community
8. Chapter 6: Become a Team Player by Embracing Communities 9. Chapter 7: Focus Your Growth by Giving and Receiving Mentoring 10. Chapter 8: Be Part of a Larger Group – Meeting People at User Groups and Meetups 11. Chapter 9: Grow Your Network through Social Media 12. Chapter 10: Build Lasting Relationships 13. Part 3 Create Impact: Share and Lead
14. Chapter 11: Build Trust and Solve Problems with Open Source Projects 15. Chapter 12: Scaling Trust through Public Engagement: Speaking and Blogs 16. Chapter 13: Be a Leader: Manage Up, Down, and Across Your Organization 17. Chapter 14: Stepping Up Your Technology Game – Defining Technology Instead of Merely Using It 18. Chapter 15: Build Your Personal Brand and Become a Trusted Advisor 19. Index 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Step 4 – Plan small actionable steps

Now you have created goals and objectives, you have an amazing dream for your future! You know you can’t stay where you are! You even have a plan! Maybe you are now very motivated to cause a change in your life and take action.

Nothing can stop you now!

Well...maybe...So many people have all of that and still don’t get to the other side, and stay stuck.

Why? You see, the issue here is motivation. Motivation can only take you so far. It’s a great catalyst for change and can get you started. But real change takes time. And motivation is tiring, and not very useful to keep us going during all the time needed for change to happen. For real change, you need consistency. You have to make sure you have small steps and create the right habits that will get you doing the needed things, long after motivation has run out. That is the only way for you to cross to the other side of the bridge, step by step by step.

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