You're reading from Developer Career Masterplan Build your path to senior level and beyond with practical insights from industry experts

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801818704

Length 310 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Application Development

Authors (2):

Bruno Souza

Heather VanCura

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 The Basics: Learn and Practice the Technical Skills

2. Chapter 1: The Secret to Learning about Technology Quickly and Continuously FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Choose Your Best Path for Learning, Training, and Certifications

4. Chapter 3: Optimize Your Support Network for Growth

5. Chapter 4: Acquire the Right Skills Deliberately

6. Chapter 5: Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone

7. Part 2 Get Involved: Participate in the Community

8. Chapter 6: Become a Team Player by Embracing Communities

9. Chapter 7: Focus Your Growth by Giving and Receiving Mentoring

10. Chapter 8: Be Part of a Larger Group – Meeting People at User Groups and Meetups

11. Chapter 9: Grow Your Network through Social Media

12. Chapter 10: Build Lasting Relationships

13. Part 3 Create Impact: Share and Lead

14. Chapter 11: Build Trust and Solve Problems with Open Source Projects

15. Chapter 12: Scaling Trust through Public Engagement: Speaking and Blogs

16. Chapter 13: Be a Leader: Manage Up, Down, and Across Your Organization

17. Chapter 14: Stepping Up Your Technology Game – Defining Technology Instead of Merely Using It

18. Chapter 15: Build Your Personal Brand and Become a Trusted Advisor

19. Index

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Interviews

Mary Grygleski

Q: Hi, Mary. How are you today? I’m so happy you’re going to be sharing with us a little bit about your career. Why don’t we start with you telling us your full name and what you’re doing now in your career, and how you got started in your career as a developer?

A: My name is Mary Grygleski. I’m currently the developer advocate for the streaming team at DataStax.

DataStax is a company that primarily does Apache Cassandra and open source stuff. Then, two years ago, they started also incorporating Apache Pulsar to support more new features, such as event streaming, so I got hired for the streaming team.

I’m a developer advocate, so I go out and do outreach work: doing presentations, going to conferences, and contributing to books such as this one. There are a lot of virtual conferences and outreach opportunities, and I enjoy it a lot.

As for how I got here, it’s actually very interesting. I didn...

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