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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

Step 2 – Maximize the current problems

Having a clear vision of your future will help you create the motivation to take action; however, this alone is not enough.

How many times have you created, or seen your friends create, New Year’s resolutions? How many of them get dropped or forgotten even before January ends? We create excuses and reasons to not do things that we think are important:

  • I don’t have the time
  • I don’t have the money
  • My boss won’t let me do this
  • My company will never help me
  • I can’t. My wife this, my kids that...

To help us overcome those excuses, we need another push. We need to see our current reality and realize that staying put is a bad idea. We need to see our current situation and have a clear understanding that we can’t continue to live like this. We can’t continue to not take action.

What happens if you don’t go after your dreams?

If you continue to repeat...

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