Lightning Talk: Building a Career in Tech Your Own Way
summary
Two career paths converge on the same practical advice: start with what you have, build visible side projects, and join the community. Specifics here: wrote a Kubernetes newsletter when the community counted ~6 members, turned curiosity into skills; a prototype becomes code, then open source, then Okteto as a startup. Internship at Microsoft and team sports both seed useful habits. KubeCon attendance, mentors, and tolerating imposter syndrome accelerate real opportunities.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Building your tech career
- 0:42Paths to success in tech
- 1:23Personal tech journeys
- 2:26Unique base in tech
- 3:11Creating possibilities
- 4:15Side projects importance
- 5:43Side projects as bets
- 6:25Learning from failure
- 7:51Community and mentorship
- 9:16Overcoming imposter syndrome
- 10:42Taking action and paying it forward
- 11:23Embrace your career path
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