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SE Radio 245: John Sonmez on Marketing Yourself and Managing Your Career

SE Radio 245: John Sonmez on Marketing Yourself and Managing Your Career

Software Engineering Radio - The Podcast for Professional Software Developers vor 10 Jahren

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Charles Anderson talks to John Sonmez, the
author of Soft Skills—"the software developer's life
manual." They start out discussing the book and what it covers,
which is pretty much everything in a developer's life outside of
code. The book contains seven sections; they discuss two of them:
"Career" and "Marketing Yourself."

John discusses the value of specializing in your career without
being overspecialized. He describes how to "hack the interview
process" to either reduce the need for an interview or build a
strong relationship before the interview.

He then discusses how software developers can market themselves
to achieve career goals. His recommendations include blogging,
attending user groups, and presenting at conferences. Although
most of his recommendations are intended for long-term results,
he also discusses what to do in the short term for someone who
needs to find a job quickly.