Career Abroad - How the best Technologists are conquering the World
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Summarizes concrete tactics backed by data: more than 200 interviews and 120 in one year, doubling a team from 50 to 100 and promoting five engineers inform what works. Recommends a simple evaluation model like the spreadsheet matrix, develops four career pillars — platform, product, process, people — and shows a repeatable win: remove ~80% of backlog with user story mapping. Advises rotating one career element every 1–2 years, continuous interviewing, and becoming a T‑shaped generalizing specialists.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and motivation
- 3:12Definition of a successful career
- 12:21Four pillars to grow your career
- 18:50Pillar 1: Platform skills
- 26:47Pillar 2: Product delivery
- 30:42Pillar 3: Process and culture
- 34:56Pillar 4: People and leadership
- 39:17Applying pillars at career stages
- 40:21Career hacks and closing
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