Context and Capital - Daily Check-in for July 13, 2020

Building your career is all about context and capital.     1. Career capital     a. This is stuff you know and no one can take away from you     b. When you leave a company, you leave with the accumulated knowledge while you were there     c. Consulting is a great way to bulk up fast     d. The capital is what makes you valuable     e. How do people know about that capital        i. Blogging        ii. Certs        iii. Videos        iv. GitHub     f. It's not just technical skills, it's soft skills, it's abstraction and architecture     g. It's understanding the why and not just the how   2. Context     a. You need a little empathy when you're job hunting     b. What does the person you are talking to know?        i. Probably not much        ii.1 It isn't bragging if it's true     c. Empathy is going to serve you well in consulting or just in general    d. Requires active listening You need to focus on what's relevant