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Mastery(Your Place in the World)

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2 Women in Technical Careers

June, 2011

The Anita Borg

Institute for

Women and

Technology

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Deconstructing Career Advancement1, entry level - Apprenticeship

works under supervision

demonstrates competence as a part of larger project

2, mid-level - Individual Contributor

responsible for defined projects, works independently, increased technical competence and reputation, develops a network

3, senior level - Management, Contributing through Others

increased technical impact

acts as a manager, or leader for stages 1 and 2.

represents the group/project within organization.

broader business perspective

4, executive level - Setting strategic direction

represents organization and vision to external and internal constituents.

power and influence in the name of the organization.

prepares future leaders

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Content

Quantity

Context

Quality

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Context

Quantity

Content

The 4 phases

of Mastery

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5 ContentContent

Who are you

learning from?

- Who are the experts in your field?

- Who is more of an expert than you?

- What separates their technical

content from yours?

- How do you stay current?

- How are you taking learning into

your own hands

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6 Content

Draw the depth and currency of your content

Content

De

pth

Currency

1. Which bubbles need to get larger and move to the right?

2. Who can you learn from (experts in the field)?

3. List 3 ways to stay more current in critical content areas?

Eng

LawOrg

Psych

Product Design

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Quantity

Content

Phase 2 -

Quantity

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8 Quantity Quantity

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Quantity9 Quantity

10,000-Hour Rulethe key to success in any field is, to

a large extent, a matter of

practicing a specific task for a total

of around 10,000 hours

…

Does this rule make sense? Why?

knowledge skill ability

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The elite software developer is the programmer who spends all

day pounding code at work, and after leaving work she writes

open source software on her own time.

The elite football player is the guy who spends all day on the

practice field with his teammates, and after practice he goes

home to watch game films.

The elite physician listens to medical podcasts in the car during a

long commute.

The elites are obsessed with what they do.

Continuous ImprovementQuantity

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11 QuantityQuantity

Novice (2,000 hours)

Apprentice (4,000 hours)

Journeyman (6,000 hours)

Adept (8,000 hours)

Master (10,000 hours)product

marketing

Being strategic about your career means

developing a plan to get from here to there

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12 So far…

1. You have knowledge (content)• What do you still need to learn?

• From who will you learn it?

• How are you staying current in your areas of technical work?

2. You have skills & experience (quantity)• Do you know what skills you need to get to the next promotion?

• Do you know how strong you are at those skills today?

• What is your plan for getting from here to there?

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Context

Quantity

Content

Phase 3

Context

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Context

Context aware

applications

adapt to what

they sense from

the physical

environment they

are in.

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What do I mean by context?

http://www.slideshare.net/swatibaiger/context-aware-computing-14084995

Core Competence

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I want you to be a

Context Aware

Application

ContextContext

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Five Ways to become Context-Aware16 Context

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Five Ways to become Context-Aware17 Context

1. Identify 2 fields/ areas you should learn more about

a) one related to your field of expertise but not in it

b) one related to your customer’s area

How will you go about learning more about them

2. Develop your network in these fields

How?

3. Rate your service & Understand customer pressures:

Write down specifically what who you will ask, what you will say, where

will you ask, and how you will follow up

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Five Ways to become Context-Aware18 Context

4. Will you make one of your customer’s goals your own?

a) Which customer

b) Which goal

c) What metrics

Or, why not?

5. Do you know how your department’s priorities relate to the

tasks you plan on doing tomorrow?

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Context

Quantity

Content

Phase 4

Quality

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Quality

Quality20

Quality is not what you put in it. It’s what the

customer gets out of it. (Peter Drucker)

Quality

Building and sustaining relationships by assessing, anticipating,

and fulfilling stated and implied needs (Anon)

Embracing the pressures and responsibilities of your

customers as your own (Me!)

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Quality

Quality

strategic

thinking

The Art of Handling Complex Systems

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Quality = Bridge Building

Build new associations

among different groups

among different disciplines, ideas, and priorities

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