Career Planning, System design interview, software engineer, career development, interviewing skills
What you will learn
Planning a career change in software industry
Limitations of career profiles
Strategies to stagger learning to grow as well as excel in interview without burning out
Thinking with a growth mindset instead of chasing designations and trends
Not falling for scamming interview portals selling incompatible dreams and false hopes.
Description
Welcome to Career Planning and Interview Preparation for Success, a comprehensive one-hour course designed to help you plan your career and prepare effectively for interviews. This course covers a wide range of topics, from identifying your dream job and understanding the competition to navigating the interview process and avoiding burnout.
Course Outline:
- Avoid Burnout
- Strategies for maintaining a healthy work-life balance
- Course Structure
- An overview of the course content and objectives
- Dream Job
- Introduction and Proximity
- College Ranking, Research, and Assignments
- Outsider Protocol
- Intro, Theory, Hands-On, Resume, and Salary
- Processes, Warning, and Yearly Progress
- Interview
- Preparing for the big day and important reminders
- Purpose
- Section Intro, Immigration Challenges
- Service/Product Switch, Domain Switch, Stack Switch
- Interview Process
- Variations in Duration, Location, and Rounds
- Understanding the Interviewer’s Perspective
- Vulnerabilities
- Domain Expertise, Framework Expertise, Programming Language
- Supply and Demand
- Tech Life Span, Breadth vs. Depth, Gig Economy
- Understanding the Job Description
- Understanding Competition
- Uncertainty and Role, Competition Distribution
- Gauging Competition: Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Technical Leaders
- Foundation
- Section Intro, Interview Process, Purpose, Systems, Components
- Reinforcement
- Section Intro, Interview Process, Purpose, Systems, Components
- Conversation
- Section Intro, Interview Process, Purpose, Systems, Components
- Endgame
- Section Intro, Interview Process, Purpose, Systems, Components
By the end of this course, you’ll have a clear understanding of the steps needed to plan your career and prepare for interviews effectively. With practical advice and strategies for success, this course will guide you towards achieving your career goals and landing your dream job. Enroll now and begin your journey to career success!
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Content
Introduction
The objective of Course is to help your protect yourself from Burnout!
Course Structure with rationale for the unconventional career development course
The illusions of Dream Job
Section Introduction
The factor of proximity in the dream job fallacy
Influence of college ranking in career development
The secret of Research Labs and industry connections defining you career
Formal education manufactures the X-factor of experience to boost careers
The unspoken “Outsider protocol” that decides careers even before they start
Section Introduction
The role of academics and Theory in your career development
The impact of hands on experience in propelling your career in early stages
The “resume” that attarcts recruiters
The realistic compensation factor that will shape your career
Software careers are built based on processes not marksheets or degrees!
Beware of differnce between the job description jargon and actual on job metrics
Outsider Protocol in action: Software career development comparison – Year 1
Outsider Protocol in action: Software career development comparison – Year 2
Outsider Protocol in action: Software career development comparison – Year 3
Outsider Protocol in action: Software career development comparison – Year 4
Outsider Protocol in action: Software career development – Year 5 Other three
Outsider Protocol in action: Software career development: The lost generation
Careers are shaped around Purpose not designation and compensations
Purpose is the most important factor in career development
Choosing career development and transitions for Immigration goals
Challenges when switching between IT Services and Software product development
Challenges while switching between domains for career growth
Changing technical stack for career development and challenges involved
Understanding the Interview Processes to manage your personal time investments
Section Introduction
Accounting for variable interview process durations
The location of interview can play in role in your preparation
Being aware of the ever changing landscape of interview rounds
The biggest unkown factor in interviews in the Interviewer!
Vulnerabilities in your expertise ( solution later in the course)
Domain expertise vulenrabilities in career development
The life on the edge for the Framework Experts
Programming language experts and the brittle bubble they live in
Assessing you career development from a Supply demand or recruitment perspective
The technologies are prone to trends and fashions
The role of breadth of knowledge and depth of knowledge in career development
GigEconomy is transforming the notion of career in software engineering
The skill of reading between the lines of a job descriptions!
Quantify your competition to set realistic career goals
Who are you actually competing against in the job market anyway?
With higher roles comes more uncertainty!
The competition distribution from expertise vulnerability perspective
Competition distribution of software engineer talent pool ( 20-25 years appx. )
Competition distribution for Senior Software Engineer talent pool ( 26-30 years)
Competition distribution: Tech Lead/ Engineering Manager (30 – 35 appx)
Foundation phase of career transition plan [9-12 months before interview]
Section Introduction
Alignment with the interview process variables
Aligning with your Purpose goals
Getting ready for dealing with bigger System
Preparing for technical components from system design interview perspective
Reinforcement Phase [6-9 Months before the interview]
Section overview
Interview process factors
Purpose
Systems Design interview Preparation
Components preparation
Convergence Phase [3-6 months before the interview]
Section Overview
Interview Process
Purpose
Systems
Components for system design interview
Endgame [0- 3 months before interview]
Section Overview
Interview process
Purpose
System design interview
Components
The final countdown: The day of the interview
Section Overview
The day of the interview
Realistic reminders about the interview
Conclusion
[Bonus Lecture]