Dear Reader, Do you know that you are making an enormous mistake? Are you trusting your manager solely for your career planning? Trust me, if you are doing this, you are holding back yourself. Why is that? So, their guidance is limited to what worked for them. While that is invaluable information, it may not work for you. You are a different person with completely unique aspirations. So, can you realistically expect them to navigate your career paths?
Your career is the most precious asset you have. Your friend, P.S. I am traveling for work and will be in Dallas this week. So, I only have 2 slots this week for the senior developers who are looking to advance their careers. In these free Zoom calls, we discuss the biggest challenge you are facing. Reply with the word "aspired" if you are interested. |
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Building a strong, cohesive team on a tight budget is crucial for startup founders. It’s essential to build a team with a purpose. A few years ago, at my 9-to-5 job, we noticed our developers were context-switching between development, requirement gathering, stakeholder updates, and support tasks. To eliminate this issue, we created a new position to handle the non-technical activities, allowing developers to focus on coding. A new person who would handle customer interactions, requirement...
Hello Reader, Being an entrepreneur is a calling, not just a job. It requires resilience and the ability to make things work. You start with a small idea and grow it into something beyond your imagination. It is that simple. Or not. Because as much as you own the idea, you need to support it to grow. One key way to support your growing idea is to involve others and delegate some of the work to them, especially if, like me, you have a 9-5 job on the side. One of the things I learned in my...
Dear Reader, Your ability to communicate your ideas and accomplishments is crucial to standing out and getting noticed. Most developers assume your manager is responsible for noticing your work and recognizing you for it.Unfortunately, this does not happen always.You often don’t get the expected reward, which makes you feel sad and betrayed.But instead of solely relying on others for praise and recognition of your work, take it into your own hands and start communicating your achievements and...