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Over the course of a career, you'll have to make critical decisions about jobs, managers, salaries, technical vs. business focus, and career paths. These 10 tips can help to make better decisions.
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SHOW NOTES:10 Lessons for Surviving the Tech Industry
- Early in your career, get a certification, and work on something mainstream. Give yourself some foundations to build upon.
- Early in your career, it’s OK to take risks on companies, if you are able to get a lot of experience (either breadth or depth).
- Most people in tech don’t have a huge cash-out (IPO, Acquisition, etc.), but if you do, bank it to give yourself options (future savings, job hopping, change of career, etc.)
- Have a side hustle. Have a mix of business and technical skills.
- Always be learning something new. Being able to learn new stuff is the skill.
- Find a community of people (online or live) that can be mentors, sounding boards, or just “trusted” people.
- Find managers that support you, encourage you, and promote you. Sometimes ride with them on the next journey.
- Title, salary, job scope or location…..you can only pick 2 (maybe 3Most people leave bad managers, not the company.
- Work/Life balance is really hard to find. There’s no right answer, it’ll come and go in waves. Ride waves when they come, because they don’t always come back.
- Work on your communication skills.
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