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Next up: What advice would you give to tech professionals who are in their earlier stages of their careers?
Carmen DeArdo
continuous learning
Jason Lenny
Aim for diversity in experience - try an enterprise, try a startup, use a legacy stack and use something bleeding edge that you never even quite working. Being able to compare and contrast all the various approaches to solving a problem will serve you will as a skill.
Robert Stroud CGEIT CRISC
listen, evolve and learn!
Jelena Laketić
I agree @carmendeardo
Fin Goulding
continuous education and presenting skills (the key to upward mobility)
Dominica DeGrandis
Find a mentor to learn from who provides supportive & honest feedback.
Mirco Hering
to not purely focus on the tech side of your career - learn about economics, psychology, anything of interest really. It all connects
Robert Stroud CGEIT CRISC
@fgoulding presenting with \ without powerpoint :)
Dr. Tapabrata Pal
Welcome! Be ready to learn new things every day and be ready to be amazed
Manuel Pais
Look outside and don't take your knowledge for granted. Keep evolving.
Ben Grinnell
try to rotate throught a variety of roles outside IT of find someway of really understanding your internal/external customers
Jelena Laketić
never stop learning and adapting. the beauty of technology is that it is never boring and that it is changing all the time. just follow it's flow and don't be afraid to learn new things/skills
Carmen DeArdo
always be open to new thoughts and ideas and also have faith in youself and your ability to be successful. That you can learn from others and also that you have valuable ideas to contribute.
Dominica DeGrandis
@MircoHering Yes! Learn philosophy, history, finance....
Dr. Tapabrata Pal
Try to automate yourself out of your current role - so that you can get to the better role
Ben Grinnell
spend as much time investing in people skills and technical skills
Manuel Pais
@topopal automate and/or document yourself out of your role :)
Carmen DeArdo
@dominicad great advice Dominica.
Mirco Hering
best thing i have ever done - a presentation course. You will so often have to present to get buyin
Dominica DeGrandis
Q for the group - How can newbies find good mentors?
Manuel Pais
Don't be afraid to reach out to people, regardless how well known they are. You'll be surprised. Also having different mentors for different aspects you want to improve.
Dominica DeGrandis
b/c it goes both ways - mentors and mentees need mutual respect & admiration for each other.
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@dominicad good question!
Carmen DeArdo
@dominicad true leadership includes fostering and supporting others. Usually there are folks in the organization (your peers) who can help you find leaders who are willing to do this. Sometimes just having coffee with folks to see if there's a connection is a good way to start
Robert Stroud CGEIT CRISC
@manupaisable ask! Totally agree = this community love to share
Ben Grinnell
I think "Slow down to speed up" I was always too busy when I was younger to find time for coaching, mentoring and regular learning.
Carmen DeArdo
@dominicad agree - have to start with Respect for People... that
Mirco Hering
As a mentor you can always learn from the mentee too - i love learning from people who bring a new pair of eyes
Robert Stroud CGEIT CRISC
@Ben_Grinnell couldn't agree more - we strive for maximum utilization, rather than the "right" activities.
Jelena Laketić
@dominicad following the gut feeling when choosing mentor is important. you have to have a connection with somebody and appreciate not just what they achieved but how they achieved it. those shld be your mentors