Level Up Your Career - PHP South Africa Keynote

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1. Level Up
   Career
   your
   

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2. Who is this guy?
   Who is this guy?
   Ben Edmunds
   @benedmunds
   http://benedmunds.com
   

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3. Who is this guy?
   Who is this guy?
   Ben Edmunds
   Open Source
   Author
   PHP Town Hall Podcast
   CTO at Mindfulware
   

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5. Communication
   

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6. Communication
   IS KING
   

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7. Co-Workers
   

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9. Empathy
   Co-Workers
   

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10. Work Hard
    Co-Workers
    

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11. Clarify
    
    Repeat
    
    Repeat
    Co-Workers
    

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12. Constructive
    
    Code Reviews
    
    Co-Workers
    

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13. Lend a Hand
    
    Co-Workers
    

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14. Golden Rule
    
    Co-Workers
    

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15. Confront Issues
    
    $frustration++
    Co-Workers
    

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16. Allies
    
    Co-Workers
    

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17. Bosses
    

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19. Direct Boss
    
    Management
    
    etc…
    Bosses
    

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20. What are you
    doing?
    
    Bosses
    

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21. Roadblocks
    
    Bosses
    

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22. Burn Out
    
    Bosses
    

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23. Stop Burn Out
    
    Bosses
    

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24. Bad Boss
    
    Bosses
    

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25. Quit!
    
    Bosses
    

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26. Clients
    

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28. All of the Above
    
    Clients
    

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29. Communication
    
    is even more
    important
    
    Clients
    

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30. Clarify / Repeat
    
    What You’re Doing
    
    Allies
    
    Clients
    

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31. Negotiation
    Clients
    

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32. Be their
    
    Secret Weapon
    Clients
    

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33. Solutions
    Clients
    

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34. Excelling
    

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35. Excelling
    

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37. Don’t?
    
    Excelling
    

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38. Volunteer
    
    Take Responsibility
    
    Excelling
    

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39. High Visibility
    
    Quality
    
    Demos
    
    Excelling
    

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40. Learn
    
    Convey Ideas
    
    Convince
    
    Excelling
    

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41. Docs
    Excelling
    

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42. GET
    
    SHIT
    
    DONE
    
    Excelling
    

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43. Say NO
    Excelling
    

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44. Specialize
    

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45. Become the Expert
    Specialize
    

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46. New Tech
    Specialize
    

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47. Career
    Progression
    

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48. Career Progression
    Jr ->
    
    Mid ->
    
    Sr ->
    
    Lead ->
    Architect / Principal
    

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49. Career Progression
    Jr ->
    
    Mid ->
    
    Sr ->
    
    Lead ->
    Management
    

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50. Management != Dev++
    Career Progression
    

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51. Open Source
    

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53. Create the next Rails
    
    ???
    
    Profit
    
    Open Source
    

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54. Developer = Bad User
    
    Open Source
    

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55. PRSTFU
    
    Open Source
    

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56. Recruit
    
    Delegate
    
    Open Source
    

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57. Get Started
    
    Docs
    
    Open Source
    

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58. Issues
    
    Features
    
    Open Source
    

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59. Appreciate Feedback
    
    Say NO
    
    Open Source
    

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60. Open Source Guilt
    Open Source
    

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61. Have fun!
    Open Source
    

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62. Q/A TIME!
    Ben Edmunds
    @benedmunds
    http://benedmunds.com
    

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63. Resources
    

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65. GuiltTrip.io
    

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66. Thanks!
    @benedmunds
    http://benedmunds.com
    joind.in/talk/33603
    

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