Keynote: The Great Personal Re-Invention: How the Great Resignation Blended Profe...
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Mass resignation statistics headline a shift: 47 million quits in 2021 and 5 million new businesses (a 55% jump vs 2019). Career specifics show moves from tech support to application developer by self-teaching LotusScript JavaScript HTML, then into sales engineering and developer relations, overcoming public‑speaking fear. Pandemic accelerates automation skills (basic Python training, cloud labs on developer.cisco.com) and creates returnship programs for re‑entry; companies advertise thousands of open roles, making career reinvention feasible now.
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- 0:00Start
- 4:33Take Care of Yourself
- 15:19Embrace the Discomfort of Being Uncomfortable
- 17:10Framing Up Your Fears
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