RULE
YOUR
CAREER

KEEP CALM

AND

Who is this guy?

Self-taught

FullStack Engineer

Web Frontend Expert

Mentor

TopTal

Upwork Pro

Freelance

Freelance

Freelance

Startup

Startup

Pet project

Pet project

Pet project

Pet project

Pet project

Do I really WANT it?

WANT != WISH

CAREER

=

Low Risk Low Reward

Business

Target Lifestyle

Skills

Junior

Mid

Senior

Lead

VP...

Core

Tech

Soft

Lead

Business

Advanced beginner

Competent

Proficient

Expert

Skills

Core: self mgmg, time mgmt, project mgmt, accountability...

Tech: GSD, expertise, estimation, tradeoffs, context analysis...

Soft:  negotiations, speaking, teamwork, listening...

Lead: motivation, proactivity, organisation, planning ...

Business: strategy, sales, marketing, finance, PR...

Change mindset

Fixed -> Growth

Your produce Value

not code

Focus on Quality

Users first!

Think Win-Win

Learned Optimism

Empathy

Context Analysis

Mentoring

Public Relationships

Networking, Blogging, Chats

T-Shaped skillset

Deliberate Practice

Break through

"Advanced Beginner"

phase ASAP

Team Work

Learn how to:

1. Care
2. Listen
3. Explain
4. Engage
5. Organize

A-players

Multipliers effect

The only way to

work

with A-players

is to be

an A-player

Salary

1. Not Linear

2. Not caused by merit

3. Bargain

4. Responsibilities

5. Value

Business

inside

Business

Keep mind open

Thanks!

@mr_mig_by

Take Aways

1. Star Engineer

2. Fixed vs Growth

3. Speed in Software Development

4. Who I want to hire

5. Your most important skill: Empathy

6. 8 Behaviours for smarter teams

7. What Every Business wants from an Engineer

8. What do I want? A better question to ask