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

How to build your professional brand

Let us now discuss how to build your professional brand. The following subsections cover four steps that are extremely important in building your professional brand.

The first step is to understand yourself because your brand is already in you. A professional brand is not something that appears out of the blue. It’s not something that you decide you want to be or become. It is a construction using everything that you already did and all the reputation you have, all your experience and history combined with the things that you want to do in the future. You always start from where you are right now – from your skills, your projects, your experience, your visibility, and the people that you’re ready to help.

You start from where you are right now – and then you look to the future. How do you want to present all of this to your audience and your future connections? The first step is to understand who you are, understand...

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