DevFest Kigali - Success Stories Soft Skills

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1. What do Success Stories and Soft skills have in common? A guide for Techies 1
2. To do 1. Is networking for everybody? 2. All about interviews 3. How to communicate effectively
3. “..Every career and job search coach is going to tell you to network. It's how most people land jobs”. Kerri Twigg
4. Networking • Imposter Syndrome • Personal Branding/Interviews
5. Imposter syndrome
6. BUILD A SUPPORT TEAM Managing Imposter syndrome ACKNOWLEDGE IT GROW YOUR CONFIDENCE 03 01 02
7. Interviews Resume 1. Your profile statement 2. Your super skills 3. Your experience Cover Letter A summary introduction about yourself
8. Preparing for Interviews 1. Study 2. Practice 3. Attitude
9. Salary Negotiation Most people think negotiation is just about salary, but there's a lot more on the table than you think - Reno Perry -
10. $1 Men 83 cents Women Gender Pay Gap
11. Communication • Meetings • Correspondence
12. Over communicate Deadlines Video calls Emails/Chat
13. Giving Presentations • Clarity • Pay attention • Take notes
14. Set yourself up for success • Tech Communities • Tech Conferences • Volunteer/Internships
15. Helpful resources • Google Code Labs - https://codelabs.developers.google.com/ • The Muse - https://www.themuse.com/ • Free Code Camp - https://www.freecodecamp.org/ • Udacity Android - https://www.udacity.com/course/android-basics-user-interface--ud834 • Pluralsight - https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/android-start-developing • Road to GDE - https://events.withgoogle.com/road-to-gde/
16. Thank you. Hannah Olukoye Google Developer Expert Android @hannah_omu