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In this episode, Den and Courtny are talking about their career starts.
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#2 - Career Starts

The web is full of podcasts that dole out generic career advice - “Follow your passion!”, “Keep learning!”, “Set clear goals!” This is all good if you're just starting out, but the pointers start to lose their luster quickly as you progress and start hitting invisible walls in your growth.
 All of a sudden, it's harder to get promoted, opportunities to advance become more ambiguous, and the choices in front of you aren't as obvious as they were when you first started your job.
 What does it take to get to the Staff engineer level? If you want to become an executive in the future, what should you do now to maximize your chances of hitting that goal? Should you have a time-bound career map or focus on unique opportunities that pop up serendipitously? Should you try your hand at entrepreneurship, and if so - how do you build a robust safety net?
 For these questions and more, The Work Item is the podcast where I attempt to answer them with help from folks that went through trial by fire. They are not social media thought leaders - they are actual practitioners who have first-hand experience dealing with some of the more thorny challenges in this industry.
 With folks like <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/tools-do-not-matter-jason-lengstorf/">Jason Lengstorf</a> (Founder, Learn With Jason), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/stop-building-landing-pages-craig-hewitt/">Craig Hewitt</a> (Founder, Castos), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/cash-money-with-saron-yitbarek/">Saron Yitbarek</a> (Founder, CodeNewbie), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/put-the-passion-aside-rob-walling/">Rob Walling</a> (Founder, MicroConf), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/career-moats-cedric-chin/">Cedric Chin</a> (Founder, CommonCog), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/building-sustainable-practices-jason-fried/">Jason Fried</a> (CEO, 37signals), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/ori-moon-studios-gennadiy-korol/">Gennadiy Korol</a> (CEO, Moon Studios), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/reflecting-on-the-year-mayuko-inoue/">Mayuko Inoue</a> (iOS Engineer, Apple), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/camille-fournier-engineering-paths/">Camille Fournier</a>, and <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/">many, many more</a> you will get extraordinary insights that will help you unlock your career potential beyond the basics you'll learn elsewhere.

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The web is full of podcasts that dole out generic career advice - “Follow your passion!”, “Keep learning!”, “Set clear goals!” This is all good if you're just starting out, but the pointers start to lose their luster quickly as you progress and start hitting invisible walls in your growth. All of a sudden, it's harder to get promoted, opportunities to advance become more ambiguous, and the choices in front of you aren't as obvious as they were when you first started your job. What does it take to get to the Staff engineer level? If you want to become an executive in the future, what should you do now to maximize your chances of hitting that goal? Should you have a time-bound career map or focus on unique opportunities that pop up serendipitously? Should you try your hand at entrepreneurship, and if so - how do you build a robust safety net? For these questions and more, The Work Item is the podcast where I attempt to answer them with help from folks that went through trial by fire. They are not social media thought leaders - they are actual practitioners who have first-hand experience dealing with some of the more thorny challenges in this industry. With folks like Jason Lengstorf (Founder, Learn With Jason), Craig Hewitt (Founder, Castos), Saron Yitbarek (Founder, CodeNewbie), Rob Walling (Founder, MicroConf), Cedric Chin (Founder, CommonCog), Jason Fried (CEO, 37signals), Gennadiy Korol (CEO, Moon Studios), Mayuko Inoue (iOS Engineer, Apple), Camille Fournier, and many, many more you will get extraordinary insights that will help you unlock your career potential beyond the basics you'll learn elsewhere.

The web is full of podcasts that dole out generic career advice - “Follow your passion!”, “Keep learning!”, “Set clear goals!” This is all good if you're just starting out, but the pointers start to lose their luster quickly as you progress and start hitting invisible walls in your growth.
 All of a sudden, it's harder to get promoted, opportunities to advance become more ambiguous, and the choices in front of you aren't as obvious as they were when you first started your job.
 What does it take to get to the Staff engineer level? If you want to become an executive in the future, what should you do now to maximize your chances of hitting that goal? Should you have a time-bound career map or focus on unique opportunities that pop up serendipitously? Should you try your hand at entrepreneurship, and if so - how do you build a robust safety net?
 For these questions and more, The Work Item is the podcast where I attempt to answer them with help from folks that went through trial by fire. They are not social media thought leaders - they are actual practitioners who have first-hand experience dealing with some of the more thorny challenges in this industry.
 With folks like <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/tools-do-not-matter-jason-lengstorf/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jason Lengstorf</a> (Founder, Learn With Jason), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/stop-building-landing-pages-craig-hewitt/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Craig Hewitt</a> (Founder, Castos), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/cash-money-with-saron-yitbarek/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Saron Yitbarek</a> (Founder, CodeNewbie), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/put-the-passion-aside-rob-walling/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rob Walling</a> (Founder, MicroConf), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/career-moats-cedric-chin/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cedric Chin</a> (Founder, CommonCog), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/building-sustainable-practices-jason-fried/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jason Fried</a> (CEO, 37signals), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/ori-moon-studios-gennadiy-korol/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gennadiy Korol</a> (CEO, Moon Studios), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/reflecting-on-the-year-mayuko-inoue/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mayuko Inoue</a> (iOS Engineer, Apple), <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/camille-fournier-engineering-paths/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Camille Fournier</a>, and <a href="https://theworkitem.com/episodes/" rel="noopener noreferrer">many, many more</a> you will get extraordinary insights that will help you unlock your career potential beyond the basics you'll learn elsewhere.

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