{"id":1032,"date":"2011-09-20T02:53:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T06:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antipaucity.com\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2011-09-20T02:53:24","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T06:53:24","slug":"technical-career-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=1032","title":{"rendered":"technical career development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Career development. Career path. Development opportunities. Taking your career to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>Terms and phrases we all hear and pretty much pass over in our day-to-day lives. Right up until we want to move to a new\/better job or performance reviews roll around.<\/p>\n<p>But what do they <em>mean<\/em>, and how can you advance your career (presuming, of course, that you want to)?<\/p>\n<p>This is by no means an exhaustive list &#8211; indeed, I&#8217;d appreciate any other ideas \/ feedback \/ improvements y&#8217;all may suggest \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>For a software developer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>be the <a href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/content\/m40967\/latest\/?collection=col11350\/latest\">documentation<\/a> KING of your code &#8211; if it&#8217;s not right, make it right<\/li>\n<li>own every bug in your code &#8211; even when it&#8217;s not &#8220;yours&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>be The Guy\u2122 who learns a new component of the code\/product (at least conversationally) every few weeks<\/li>\n<li>write at least one tutorial a month\u00a0on the internal wiki\/kb about something you found or did with the code<\/li>\n<li>write at least one tutorial or similar a month externally (maybe a personal blog) in a general fashion about something you learned or did<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a systems consultant:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>be the <a href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/content\/m40967\/latest\/?collection=col11350\/latest\">documentation<\/a> KING of every project you work on &#8211; make <em>ABSOLUTELY<\/em>\u00a0sure the next guy can do more after you leave<\/li>\n<li>own every issue you find, even when it&#8217;s really somebody else&#8217;s problem (no throwing it over the fence)<\/li>\n<li>the The Guy\u2122 who learns something new about the environment or product every couple weeks<\/li>\n<li>write at least one tutorial a month and\/or give an overview talk of something you learned\/did<\/li>\n<li>write about what you&#8217;ve done (changing names to protect the innocent) on a blog or elsewhere<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/electronicdesign.com\/dsps\/continuing-education-how-teach-yourself-almost-anything\">teach<\/a> as many people as are willing to learn what you know (in your company \/ on your team \/ etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Focus &#8211; decide where you want to be, and plot a course to get there.<\/p>\n<p>Finally,\u00a0<strong><em>NEVER<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0make yourself &#8220;irreplaceable&#8221; &#8211; the\u00a0<em>instant<\/em>\u00a0you make yourself irreplaceable, you also make yourself unpromotable: after all, if you&#8217;re the Only Guy\u2122 who can do your job, why would your boss\/manager\/supervisor even\u00a0<em>think<\/em>\u00a0of moving you into a new role?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><sub><sup>As a side note &#8211; if you&#8217;re ever working at a customer site, don&#8217;t take calls from <em>anyone<\/em> other than the customer while you&#8217;re at your desk\/cube\/workspace: even if it&#8217;s project related, take it in a different room \ud83d\ude42<\/sup><\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Career development. 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