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Never Underestimate Yourself and Be Thoughtful About Your Career Path with Don Jones
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Don Jones
Don Jones has worked in the IT industry since the 1990s, and in that time has been everything from a software developer to a network engineer. He’s written dozens of IT books, and now focuses on helping technologists become the owners of their careers. Don discusses why you should never underestimate your value. He also talks about why we must be thoughtful about our careers, and guide them selfishly in order to create our own unique path in the world.
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2 Top Career Tips
1) Never underestimate yourself, and do not under-sell yourself. Don’t let what you see influence your entire opinion about something.
2) Be thoughtful. Your career is the one thing that will be with you for your entire life. Consider each direction carefully and make sure it serves you selfishly.
Show Notes
Worst Career Moment
Don projected his negative perspective onto an employer with which he was having difficulty. He left but found a worse experience. But it taught him not to run away from things, rather run towards better opportunities.
Career Highlight
Don has now found his ideal career position – a company that encourages growth and development at every turn.
The Future
Don is eternally excited by the sheer explosion of growth directions – the unlimited potential of fields within IT and how they can change the world at such pace.
The Reveal
What first attracted you to a career in I.T.?
Don has always been in love with science fiction, the future, and computers
What is the best career advice you’ve ever received?
You don’t have to respond to every email!
What is the worst career advice you’ve ever received?
That we must be very good at mathematics in order to work with computers.
If you had to begin your career again in today’s world, what would you do?
Don would focus heavily on software development at the beginning.
What career objectives are you currently focusing on?
Don is spending time looking down the ladder and seeing who might need a hand upwards.
What’s the number one non-technical skill that has helped you in your career so far?
Writing and written communication
What do you do to keep your own career energized?
Don looks for opportunities, and problems that need to be solved. Don actively seeks solutions and to empower others to do the same.
What do you do in your spare time away from technology?
Don writes fiction novels.
Contact The Guest
Contact Don Jones through the following social media platforms:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/concentrateddon
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