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Trisha Gee, Java Developer @ MongoDB
#YOW13
Career Advice for Programmers
@trisha_gee
About Me1998 - 2000 Undergraduate @ Ford Motor Company
2001 Graduated (Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence)
2001 - 2002 Web Engineer @ Common Purpose
2002 - 2004 Analyst Developer @ Ford Motor Company
2004 - 2005 Java / Web Developer @ Touch Clarity
2005 Business Engineer @ Credit card company
2006 - 2008 Principal Consultant @ Evolution / Detica
2008 Java Developer @ well known media firm
2009 - 2012 Java Developer @ LMAX Financial Exchange
2011 Principal Consultant @ ThoughtWorks
2012... Java Developer / Evangelist @ MongoDB Inc
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> What about you?
You Own Your Career
Manage Your Career
• Requirements: What do you want?
• Implementation: How do you get it?
• Iterate: What’s next?
You Own Your Career
> What do you want?
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Developer Seeks Next Step5 years commercial Java experience
Primarily web (JSP / Servlets)
HTML / CSS / JavaScript
Usability & User Experience
Some exposure to “Agile”
Some team leading
Manufacturing, Education, Ad Serving
Identify Your Values
> How do you get it?
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Visibility
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skuds/
Internal Visibility
• High visibility project
• In house extra-curricular activities
• Brown bags/internal user groups
• Update the wiki
• Introduce/manage a process/tech
• The Pub
External Visibility• Work for a well known company
• Publicly visible projects
• StackOverflow
• Github / open source
• Blogging
• User Groups
• Conferences
• Write a book
Getting what you want
Senior Developer Wants More
7 years Java
Front- and Back-end
Most recently Financial Markets
Waterfall & Agile
Some team lead experience
It’s all about the People
Experienced Consultant & Blogger Given a Shove
10 years Java experience
Consultant & Developer
Range of domains
Experience of Agile & Continuous Delivery
Tech blogger
Leader in a London User Group
Staying ahead of the curve
Staying ahead of the curve• Conferences
• StackOverflow
• Google Reader. Oh, wait...
• Use Twitter for Good
• Mailing lists
• Join a User Group. Or more than one.
• Hack days
• Books
• http://is.gd/stayingAhead
Remember
• Be Different
• Ask For What You Want
• Remember What’s Important
> What’s next?
When do you leave?
Finding your perfect match
• Job websites
• Recruitment agents
• Friends
• User groups
• Conferences
• Stalk your heroes
• The reader is very busy
• Stand out
• You are more than a list of technologies
• http://is.gd/cvAdvice
Your CV / résumé
Interviews
• Do your homework
• Interview them
• Be yourself
• http://is.gd/HireEd
Saying yes...
Ex-Consultant Needs a Job
8 years Java experience
Mostly back-end
Financial Markets consultant
...during the credit crunch
...or no
Apprentice Seeks Mastery
3 years Java experience
JSP / Servlets, HTML, JavaScript
XML / XSLT
Mentor to experienced developers cross-training into Java
Some exposure to Good Practice
What’s the worst that could happen?
What happened to those developers?
• 5 years experience wanting the Next New Thing?
• Changed job in 3 months
• Consultant who needed a job?
• Changed job in 3 months
• Java developer with 10 years experience?
• Recruited (twice) to do Evangelism
> In Summary?
1. Do Your Homework
2. Be Yourself
3. Do Not Be Afraid
4. It’s Up To You
Choose your own adventure• Investing
• What do you want?
• Bootstrapping
• Staying Technical
• Switching Roles
• Other Skills
• Staying ahead of the curve
• Relocation
• Work / Life Balance
• Being Different
• Staying Put• Visibility (pt 1)
• Getting what you want
• Getting promoted
• Salary negotiation
• When to leave?
•Moving On• Visibility (pt 2)
• Finding your perfect match
• CVs / resumes
• Interviews
• Salary negotiation
• Acceptance
• What could possibly go wrong?
What did I miss?
Resources
• Conferences
• User Groups
• Books
• Mentors
• Blogs
• Stack Overflow
Bootstrapping
• Internships / sponsorship
• Third year project
• Pet projects / open source
• Make your CV special
• See: Moving On
Switching Roles
Staying Technical
Important Skills
• Research Skills
• Scientific Method
• Asking Questions
• Listening and Learning
• Interpersonal Skills
• English
What about...?
• Relocation
• Work / Life Balance
• Being Different
Getting Promoted
• See: Visibility Part 1
• Know the system
• Keep records
• Pick your friends wisely
Salary negotiation(Part 1)
Salary negotiation(Part 2)