Marketing yourself as an engineer
Who wants to be a 10x engineer?
Most of us probably
But why?
- earn more
- more opportunities
- peer apraisal
- create amazing things
- skip the technical interviews
How does one become 10x?
- become a CS god by studying
- give up your life
- become a robot
- create all the things
Can we get all those benefits without all that work?
Kinda
Practical
Likeable
Fast
Practical
something you can do to directly get you to the next step on the ladder
Practical
When I'm choosing what to learn. Three rules:
- Is it practical?
- Is it popular?
- Does is scare me?
If the thing I want to learn does not match a rule. I forget it.
if it matches one rule, I remember it but move on.
if it matches 2, I add it to the list.
If its 3, I learn it now!
Likeable
Always think about what you can offer someone
They will like you probably.
Likeable
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Dress nice when it counts
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Be open to new things, even if they suck
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Be available
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Listen more than you talk
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Give people something to talk about
Fast
You don't have to wait for someone to tell you that you are awesome.
Fast
Opportunities are right in front of you, but you either don't see them or aren't fast enough to capitalize.
If you're not fast enough, its probably one or more things.
- You thought about it too long
- You were unsure of yourself
- You were lazy
- You were busy
Growing your network
Growing your network
Networking events are useless. Don't go to them unless you have a strategy to win.
Broadcast yourself
Find people you look up to in and literally cold [email | call | hangout | tweet] them
Make yourself look awesome
Make yourself look awesome
Content is king!
The more content you have, the better you look.
- Blogs / books
- opensource
- apps
- videos
- conferences
- workshops
- more
Hacks
Hacks
- commit daily on github
- write a post about the same post you read last night
- retweet others poeples' stuff
- On your home site, try to rank in SEO with the tech you want to be known for
- give talks at meetups, even if you have nothing to talk about
- Lie to people, but be honest to people
You can start now!
market yourself as an engineer
By Scott Moss
market yourself as an engineer
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