Taking charge: how to own your career path with Katie Wilde
summary
Three concrete moves: find your career ikigai by shifting tasks you do now toward what pays and what you enjoy, build an IC path by leading without managing and citing measurable wins (shorter cycle time, increased MAU) as a business case, and magnify impact by manage up (learn what stresses your boss), track outputs with a running accomplishments log, interview yearly, use levels.fyi for market data, publish what you learn, and ask specific people for brief advice.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 6:39What parts of your role are most rewarding?
- 8:40Management: obvious, but restricted
- 14:48Some tips and tricks
- 16:57Think like you own the place (ROI)
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