Build a Knowledge Portfolio…increase your chances of getting a job!
Remain Competitive in Todays IT MarketBuild a Knowledge Portfolio!
Times have changed. The competition here and abroad for jobs is tough, to put it mildly. As a programmer you are going to have to work hard to stay in the rat race to stay relevantbut how?
Take the initiative for your career for your future
Your greatest assets are your knowledge, experiences, and the ability to apply these to developing solutions.
Dave Thomas, author of The Pragmatic Programmer, states in a talk How to Keep Your Job, that you must invest in yourself. He suggests that we treat our knowledge assets as if they were a financial portfolio. By investing in and managing your Knowledge Portfolio, you ensure that your knowledge assets maintain or increase their overall value and endure changes in the industry, hence remaining more marketable.
The Keys to a Successful Knowledge Portfolio
1. PlanSet a Goal and Stay the Course
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. Tom Landry
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