Managing Your Tech Career

Breaking in and having a long career in tech

What you'll learn
How manage a tech career with some tips on how to break in, if they do not have one yet
Requirements
Working in tech already is heavily recommended, but not a requirement.
Description
I have been coding since the Orwellian year of 1984. To still be coding in an industry so rampant with ageism is an accomplishment I am proud of. I am offering myself here to help "newbies" trying to break in and tech professionals trying to manage their careers into the future.  Titles do not really matter in the line positions, the producers of technology self-organize. In the knowledge worker world, KNOWLEDGE is what defines their hierarchy. There is uncertainty around every corner. The long term tech workers have had to relearn their jobs several times to have their long knowledge worker careers. During those transitions between the old and the new, there is great uncertainty in the knowledge worker’s career. They must move forward despite uncertainty about whether they are going to be able to survive into the next big paradigm. American business needs this kind of backbone and vision right now. It takes courage to eschew the larger salary of a management position. It takes even more courage to take a pay cut to make a lateral move to learn a new technology. Imagine getting your future wrong by taking the pay cut, and making the lateral move only to learn a technology which does not take off to create the next great employment ecosystem. That would be a BIG mistake! The tech workers know they are working without a net. I can help you stay on the high wire with the two out of three ain't bad methodology.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 How old is this guy really?

Section 2: How to and How Not to Manage Your Career

Lecture 3 The fundamentals of career management

Section 3: A REAL Methodology to Help You Manage Your Career

Lecture 4 Two Outa Three Ain't Bad

Lecture 5 Applying the Two Out of Three Ain't Bad Rule

Section 4: Negotiating for What You Want

Lecture 6 Introducing a White Board Test You Might Face

Lecture 7 Know What You Want

Lecture 8 An Answer to FizzBuzz

Section 5: Working in Tech is Not Easy

Lecture 9 The Answer to FizzBuzz

Lecture 10 Reiterating how and why we are here

Lecture 11 A Better Answer to FizzBuzz

Section 6: Putting in the Work

Lecture 12 Getting the Next Job is a Job in Itself

Lecture 13 Resume Overview

Tech professionals looking to take the reins of their own careers