Hack Your Career
summary
A technologist recounts concrete moves: starts a blog since 2009, publishes a five‑part CI/CD series, automates Azure deployments with PowerShell, builds tools like SaferWeb and what becomes Have I Been Pwned (about 50% experimental learning), and leverages Pluralsight royalties until they match and then exceed corporate pay. After 14 years at Pfizer redundancy arrives and a payout near two years’ salary enables full independence; vivid details include a 12 GB Windows 10 first‑boot update and regular work from the Gold Coast via jet ski.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 1:59started writing a blog
- 3:29illustrate your competency and your interests
- 26:00build your psyche overflow reputation
- 31:50how to do password resets
- 57:23putting a price on your family
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