Career Advice for Programmers (2023)

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3. •Lead Developer Advocate
   •Java Champion
   •20+ years Java experience
   •…and author
   

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6. The Computer Boys Take Over – Nathan L. Ensmenger
   Hans Albert Rhee, Office Automation in a Social Perspective, 1968
   

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7. The Computer Boys Take Over – Nathan L. Ensmenger
   

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8. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/in-head-hunting-big-data-may-not-be-such-a-big-deal.html
   Laszlo Bock, Google's SVP of people operations
   

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10. • Use your hands on Java Development experience to work on both new and greenfield projects.
    • Improve the quality of services by using up-to-date technology.
    • Bridge gaps in the business by applying your own knowledge and skills to our Cloud-Native
    microservice architecture.
    • Collaborate with multiple Stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept up to date.
    • Minimum 7 years experience on Java
    • In-depth understanding of Spring Security, Spring Cloud, Spring Data and Spring Boot.
    • Communication skills to:
    • Direct and develop a team of junior technicians
    • Keep the CTO regularly updated.
    • Must have experience with Kafka and an understanding of Docker and Kubernetes.
    • Must have exposure to Cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
    

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12. No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering, 1986
    Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
    

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18. AKA Googling
    

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19. And listen to the answers!
    

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20. If you don’t love learning you’re Doomed
    

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21. Talking to computers is the easy bit
    

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22. And open minded
    

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23. Hypothesise, experiment, draw conclusions
    

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24. And time management
    

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25. Specifically reading
    

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26. I guess
    

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27. • http://bit.ly/buzz-pc (Becoming Fully Buzz Word Compliant)
    • http://bit.ly/2qaIjTk (Staying Ahead of the Curve)
    • Join a User Group
    

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34. Your portfolio makes you look good at the things you are
    good at
    

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36. Know what it is
    

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37. Know your place in it
    

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41. I have no idea what I’m doing!
    

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42. I’m good at what I do
    

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43. “It depends”
    

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48. • Insert Picture/Table/Chart Here (but if picture doesn’t have a background, be sure to
    remove gray background, border, and shadow!)
    

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53. Goal: Be Employable
    

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54. Goal: Be Doing What You Want
    

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55. Goal:
    

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58. • Referrals
    • Job specifications
    • CVs
    • Recruitment agents
    • Phone screens
    • Technical tests
    • Interviews
    • Your Portfolio
    

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59. Get past the machines
    

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60. Appeal to the humans
    

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61. http://bit.ly/cvAdvice
    

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62. https://oreil.ly/2NDJDKt
    https://oreil.ly/2CNqdyx
    

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63. http://bit.ly/hireEdu
    

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65. • Work for a high profile project or company
    • User Group Member
    • Twitter / Mastodon
    • StackOverflow
    • Github / Open Source
    • Blog
    • Conference Presentations
    • Book Author
    

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73. • Do you have formal evaluations?
    • How do promotions / pay rises / bonuses work?
    • How much leeway do you have for implementing changes off-book?
    • How much freedom do you have for training/reading/experimenting?
    • How are decisions made? How does information flow? Is the pub the best way to
    find out what’s going on?
    • Should you schedule one on ones with your boss?
    • Who really has influence?
    

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76. Perform to metrics
    

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77. And sponsor others
    

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78. • High visibility project
    • Introduce/manage a process/tech
    • Brown bags/internal user groups
    • Documentation
    • Make changes internally
    • In house extra-curricular activities
    • Go to the pub
    

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80. If you perform non-code activities too well, you may be
    moved away from the code
    

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