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Developer Career Masterplan

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801818704
Length 310 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Bruno Souza Bruno Souza
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Heather VanCura Heather VanCura
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

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 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone

In the previous chapter, we talked about how to acquire the hard and soft skills necessary to advance your career. In this chapter, we will help you learn how to get out of your comfort zone. The most important thing to focus your mind on involves taking action. Learning, improving, and growing are difficult things that require deliberate, focused effort. If you do too little, nothing happens. If you push too much, you give up. This chapter will present strategies for you to keep pushing in a consistent manner. We will give you the specific steps required to force your brain to take action, find the right balance, and acquire consistency in continuing to push yourself outside your comfort zone.

In this chapter, we’ll cover the process to do the following:

  • Force your brain to take action
  • Find the sweet spot
  • Be consistent

Let’s begin!

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