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Career Health Check

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Transcript

  1. Career Health Check Keavy McMinn keavy.co.uk @keavy RailsConf May 2011

  2. Career Health Check Keavy McMinn keavy.co.uk @keavy RailsConf May 2011

  3. prawnpie WWDPD?

  4. “Pour myself a cup of ambition”

  5. 3

  6. Discuss.

  7. 1. Where are you at?

  8. “Don't get so busy making a living that you forget

    to make a life.” Dolly Parton

  9. johnjoh

  10. Record it

  11. photobunny

  12. Record it

  13. vectorportal

  14. Csíkszentmihály

  15. Record it

  16. paloetic

  17. mercuryapp.com

  18. 2. Where do you want to be?

  19. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”

    Dolly Parton

  20. cdevers

  21. Choice Driven Development

  22. meaning pleasure strengths

  23. What can I do?

  24. What do I want to do?

  25. Competences

  26. paolorestifo

  27. What would be a win for me?

  28. Success Results Process Relationships = + +

  29. Results

  30. amagill All about the Benjamins baby!

  31. toniblay

  32. purrr

  33. Process

  34. plenty

  35. pfig

  36. obraka

  37. None

  38. Relationships

  39. kadath

  40. None
  41. None
  42. None
  43. None
  44. None
  45. None

  46. What would be a win for me?

  47. Success Results Process Relationships = + +

  48. kendrak

  49. “No”

  50. What’s in it for them?

  51. Someone who gives a fuck.

  52. Intentional = The Good Stuff

  53. 3. How do you support yourself to get there?

  54. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving

    another one.”

  55. offchurch-tam

  56. Choice Driven Development

  57. I chose very early on to become a 'people person'.

    It was part of my personality already, but watching and learning how people interact was a conscious decision. Joe O’Brien

  58. ...I’m a creator. I’m not a consultant. I discovered there’s

    actually a difference... I’m happiest making products and selling them directly. Amy Hoy

  59. I don’t ever want to be paid to write code.

    What I want to get paid for is helping others not get paid to write code. Corey Haines

  60. Every choice has a consequence eskimo_jo

  61. amymctigue Making no choice has a consequence

  62. Intentional = The Good Stuff

  63. mondopanno Personal board

  64. 2. Where do you want to be? 1. Where are

    you at? 3. How do you support yourself to get there?

  65. prawnpie WWDPD?

  66. “Pour myself a cup of ambition”

  67. Keavy McMinn keavy.co.uk Thanks! @keavy