Career Advice for Programmers
summary
Argues that deliberate career investment pays off: early 15 months of sponsored work at Ford and a visible project (the dealer online sales site) open doors, while answering questions on Stack Overflow accelerates product knowledge (used to learn MongoDB). Recommends keeping monthly evidence for appraisals, using brown-bag lunches and user groups for visibility, choosing companies (10 different companies gave ten different roles), pestering for relocation led to a year-long move to New York.
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chapters (26)
- 0:00About me
- 3:55Investing in your career
- 5:25What do you want
- 6:22Dont limit yourself
- 8:03Dont fall into job after job
- 8:46Bootstrapping
- 12:27Switching roles
- 14:53Staying technical
- 18:22Conferences
- 18:33Stack Overflow
- 22:29Nontechnical skills
- 28:56Worklife balance
- 31:16Being different
- 32:39Staying where you are
- 32:59Visibility
- 34:26Brown Bags
- 35:16The Pub
- 37:14High Visibility Projects
- 38:12Getting What You Want
- 40:36Getting promoted
- 41:43Keeping records
- 43:26Promotion
- 45:25Visibility Part 2
- 49:15Finding a job
- 50:02CV
- 50:48Salary negotiation
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