Yellow bricks - Careers are choices

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Presentation at Top Angajatori Iasi Nov 2013 on career choices in IT in Romania

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Where will the yellow bricks take you?

Careers are decisions

There's a generation of us in IT around our 30s doing leadership jobs usually reserved for older men and women. We have no models, there is no precedent in our country, our industry.

A talk about the real meaning of leadership and the choices we have in front of us.

Where will we be in 30 years?

Andrei Postolache Delivery Unit Manager Endava

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Yellow bricks

Our careers in time

You're 23

You're 25

You're 30

0 12,5 25 37,5 50

How does that make you feel?

Awesome, I have time!

Damn, that's a lot of time

Oh, sh**it!!!

Hmm...what does that mean?

The old fashion career

Us

So what now?

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Back to choices

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Choice 1: Career

?Career Job

Choice 2: Technologies

?Wide Narrow

Choice 3: Management

?Lead Tech

Choice 4: Other skills

?Embrace Avoid

Choice 5: Horizon

?Long Short

Choice 6: Self-employment

?By myself Employed

Choice 7: Outside of work

?Choice Choice

Choice 8: Retirement

?Government No government

Never lose track of

Reputation Network Motivation

Can’t buy one Invaluable Fuel for you

It matters so much People choose people Won’t last without it

The career tree :)

Last word

Q&A