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September 28, 2017
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Transcript
Level Up Career your
Who is this guy? Who is this guy? Ben Edmunds
@benedmunds http://benedmunds.com
Who is this guy? Who is this guy? Ben Edmunds
Open Source Author PHP Town Hall Podcast CTO at Mindfulware
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Communication
Communication IS KING
Co-Workers
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Empathy Co-Workers
Work Hard Co-Workers
Clarify Repeat Repeat Co-Workers
Constructive Code Reviews Co-Workers
Lend a Hand Co-Workers
Golden Rule Co-Workers
Confront Issues $frustration++ Co-Workers
Allies Co-Workers
Bosses
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Direct Boss Management etc… Bosses
What are you doing? Bosses
Roadblocks Bosses
Burn Out Bosses
Stop Burn Out Bosses
Bad Boss Bosses
Quit! Bosses
Clients
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All of the Above Clients
Communication is even more important Clients
Clarify / Repeat What You’re Doing Allies Clients
Negotiation Clients
Be their Secret Weapon Clients
Solutions Clients
Excelling
Excelling
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Don’t? Excelling
Volunteer Take Responsibility Excelling
High Visibility Quality Demos Excelling
Learn Convey Ideas Convince Excelling
Docs Excelling
GET SHIT DONE Excelling
Say NO Excelling
Specialize
Become the Expert Specialize
New Tech Specialize
Career Progression
Career Progression Jr -> Mid -> Sr -> Lead ->
Architect / Principal
Career Progression Jr -> Mid -> Sr -> Lead ->
Management
Management != Dev++ Career Progression
Open Source
None
Create the next Rails ??? Profit Open Source
Developer = Bad User Open Source
PRSTFU Open Source
Recruit Delegate Open Source
Get Started Docs Open Source
Issues Features Open Source
Appreciate Feedback Say NO Open Source
Open Source Guilt Open Source
Have fun! Open Source
Q/A TIME! Ben Edmunds @benedmunds http://benedmunds.com
Resources
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GuiltTrip.io
Thanks! @benedmunds http://benedmunds.com joind.in/talk/33603