Career Planning

Bad Career Moves

Good Career Moves

Random Career Moves

Conclusion

Bad career moves (Professor David A. Patterson)

1: Be THE leading expert: •you can’t have more than one leading expert, so make up your own field

2: Let Complexity Be Your Guide (Confuse The Enemy)•Easier to claim credit for subsequent good ideas•If no one understands, how can they contradict your claim?•It’s easier to be complicated

3: Never be Proven Wrong•Avoid Implementing•Avoid Quantitative Experiments

4: Don’t be Distracted by Others (Avoid Feedback)•Always dominate conversations: Silence is ignorance•Corollary: Loud is smart•Don’t be tainted by interaction with users, industry

www.cs.berkeley.edu/~pattrsn/talks/nontech.html

Good career moves

1. Career progression stronger than salary

2. Know the right people - Always network upwards

3. Help from above - Look for a mentor

4. Conquer your fears - Delivering effective presentations

5. Challenge yourself - moving up in your current job

http://mycareer.com.au

Random career moves- a Case Study: 1

1974-Stick Hand up in class at School (Paul Hester)

Random career moves- a Case Study: 2

1979-Undergraduate supervisor goes on Sabatical

(Brian Windley->Peter Williams)

Random career moves- a Case Study: 3

1982-PhD Supervisor leaves country

(John Dewey->Win Means)

Random career moves- a Case Study: 4

1987-Turn down EU Postdoc

(Janos Urai->Gordon Lister)

Random career moves- a Case Study: 5

1994-Overhear conversation in corridor

(Jim Cull & Rick Valenta)

Random career moves- a Case Study: 6

2001-Get divorced, get married

Conclusion

Long-term personal career planning is overrated

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