Developer Career Masterplan: Build your path to senior level and beyond with practical insights from industry experts

by Heather VanCura, Bruno Souza

Elevate your technical career with practical guidance, best practices, and actionable insights shared by industry experts Written by industry experts that have spent the last 20+ years helping developers grow their careers, this book offers invaluable insights and guidance tailored to the specific needs of technical professionals. By discovering the secret of continuous learning and adapting in the ever-evolving field of software development, you’ll explore various learning paths with formal and informal methods, as well as gain an understanding of the value of certifications to validate your skills. This book will teach you the significance of building a strong support network, holding crucial conversations, and taking ownership of your career growth. You'll delve into acquiring both soft and hard skills, becoming a well-rounded and sought-after developer. Packed with practical examples, stories of successful developers, and real-world applications, the chapters will equip you with actionable advice on how to push beyond your comfort zone and embracing communities to enhance your teamwork abilities. Additionally, you’ll uncover the benefits of joining open-source projects, speaking at conferences, and building a personal brand to amplify your visibility and reputation. By the end of this book, you'll have a well-laid-out long-term and short-term plan for your career progression, equipping you with advanced technical skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to effectively manage relationships within your organization. This book is for technical professionals, particularly developers, seeking practical career growth guidelines and best practices. It addresses both junior and senior developers, offering valuable insights and experiences from within the developer community.

Genres: Computer Science

310 pages, Paperback

Published September 15, 2023

Reviews

[Ed Burns · Rating 5 out of 5]

Naturally, I give this book five stars, but I am biased. I wrote the foreword and I am interviewed in the book. However, everything I say about the book in the foreword is true and I believe it.

[Iman Mehmandoust · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly #recommended #book for my network!
From understanding the skills gaps, focus areas, possible and available ways to increase your skills to interesting career boosting tricks and applicable methods and many more interesting and remarkable opportunities that we might not pay attention to it during our career and many more discussed in this book. Including interviews with Influential people that we are less familiar with in technology areas. I highly recommend you this book which was written by Heather VanCura the Director & Chairperson of the JCP program and MySQL Community Outreach/DevRel Lead at Oracle and Bruno Souza the Principal Consultant at Summa Technologies.
#careergrowth #softskills #hardskills #inspiration