CONFIDENTIAL designator 1 To be successful in your career Five things you need to know as a software engineer Karina Varela @kvarel4 Principal Technical Marketing Manager Optional section marker or title Otavio Santana @otaviojava Staff Software Engineer

CONFIDENTIAL designator Otavio Santana 2 Otavio Santana @otaviojava Staff Software Engineer + Java Champion + JCP-EC-EG-EGL + Apache Committer + Eclipse Committer + Eclipse Project Leader + Book and blog writer Speaker

CONFIDENTIAL designator Karina Varela 3 Karina Varela @kvarel4 Principal Technical Marketing Manager + KIE Contributor + SouJava Organizer + Instructor + Book and blog writer Speaker

CONFIDENTIAL designator 4 Optional section marker or title 1. Knowledge

CONFIDENTIAL designator Knowledge The wisdom hierarchy: the DIKW Pyramid 5 The relationship between data, information, knowledge and wisdom

CONFIDENTIAL designator Knowledge Speed 6 Data spreads way faster than it did before

CONFIDENTIAL designator ● Technologies and programming languages considered as foundation knowledge ● The full stack developer Knowledge Knowledge Inflation 7 A junior level in 1970 is way different from a junior in 2021

CONFIDENTIAL designator Goals and a successful career 8 The current scenario technology in 2021 ● Open Source ● Culture and methodologies ● Containers ● Cloud ● Java

CONFIDENTIAL designator Hard and Soft Skills Doing the best in front of the pc and away from it. The extreme knowledge self-judgement ● Impostor Syndrome ● Dunning–Kruger effect Knowledge 9 Decision Making You are constantly making decisions that will guide your career

CONFIDENTIAL designator 10 Optional section marker or title 2. Focus

CONFIDENTIAL designator Stereotypes I.T. is for nerds and geeks. Hundreds of options I.T. has a really diverse set of career options ➔ Software ➔ Hardware ➔ Management Focus 11 To be in I.T., or not to be That is the question...

CONFIDENTIAL designator Focus 12 A marriage with knowledge Are you ready for it?

CONFIDENTIAL designator 13 ● Where do I start? ○ There are so many technologies to learn… ● Explore the university opportunities ○ Trainee opportunities ○ Build foundational knowledge ○ Different interests and tastes ● Join community ○ Which communities? ○ How to find communities? And the career begins... Focus

CONFIDENTIAL designator 14 Is Java a good language to get started? Focus

CONFIDENTIAL designator 15 Optional section marker or title 3. Communication

CONFIDENTIAL designator Communication The value of knowledge sharing Networking, increased perspective, faster learning; Written vs Oral communication The different way to share 16 Communication The latin origin "Communicare", actually means "to share" or "the act of participation"

CONFIDENTIAL designator The music sheet of technology Learning English is not an option Communication 17

CONFIDENTIAL designator Communication 18 “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” Nelson Mandela Former South Africa President

CONFIDENTIAL designator 19 Optional section marker or title 4. Handling the Time

CONFIDENTIAL designator Time management Setting priorities The eisenhower matrix theory No is the best answer Learn when to say yes 20 Time

CONFIDENTIAL designator Time management You may work overtime Eventually... Try to maintain balance Know when 21 Time

CONFIDENTIAL designator Handling Time 22 Pomodoro Technique A time management method

CONFIDENTIAL designator Time management ● Balance ● Hobbie ● Health 23 "Mens sana in corpore sano" A healthy mind in a healthy body

CONFIDENTIAL designator 24 Optional section marker or title 5. Setting objectives

CONFIDENTIAL designator What is success? ● Personal ● Immeasurable Goals and a successful career 25 Success Goals and a successful career

CONFIDENTIAL designator Goals and a successful career 26 Should you follow the herd? ● Broken windows theory ● Asch conformity experiments ● Some horror stories...

CONFIDENTIAL designator Communication "Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can’t do something themselves, they’re gonna tell you that you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period" 27 Chris Gardner Movie: The Pursuit of Happiness 2006

CONFIDENTIAL designator A small talk with the speakers 28

CONFIDENTIAL designator linkedin.com/company/red-hat youtube.com/user/RedHatVideos facebook.com/redhatinc twitter.com/RedHat 29 Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. Thank you Optional section marker or title @kvarel4 @otaviojava