Managing Tech Millions 037: Tech Career Development in 2024: Navigating AI Challenges and Opportunities
Episode 37: Tech Career Development in 2024: Navigating AI Challenges and Opportunities
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Career Development: Test and invest in skills is about compounding the skills learned in one's career, applying them, learning from them, and then refining them through each new experience. The key to this approach is that there is no limit to how much one can learn and grow, but it is dependent on the risk they are willing to take and what excites them about their job or opportunity.
In this episode, podcast host Christopher Nelson continues his conversation with Bart Finelli, the founder of Skillibrium . They discuss the importance of investing in and testing the skills you've learned in your career to build expertise. Bart shares his journey from working in sales enablement to starting his own company, and emphasizes the value of building a personal brand and telling your story.
They also touch on the role of generative AI in the workplace and the importance of emotional intelligence in career success. Bart encourages tech employees to punch above their weight class, immerse themselves in learning, and be bold in advocating for themselves. He also shares his love for music as a way to recharge. Overall, the episode provides valuable insights and advice for tech professionals looking to grow their careers and build their own businesses.
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In this episode, we talk about:
- Compounding skills over time
- Applying, learning, refining through experience
- Excitement about job roles and opportunities
- Financially focused technology employees
- Equity, career, money strategies, tactics
- Growing wealth and achieving lifestyle goals
- Working for other companies, continuous learning, and growth
- Inflection point in building a company
- Stories from Bart's experience, including Splunk
- Concept, discipline, skill, expertise in starting a company
- Founder's background in technical reading and creating
- Learning and value selling in the career
Episode Timeline:
[00:00:00] Test and invest is compounding.
[00:02:45] Founders and skill development.
[00:06:13] Cataloging ideas and progressions.
[00:09:57] The core go-to-market engine.
[00:14:06] Business-focused technology roles.
[00:17:46] The evolution of Skillibrium .
[00:20:35] Creating to Give
[00:26:07] Relationships and Learning from Others.
[00:29:08] Telling your story and personal brand promotion.
[00:31:30] Continuous learning and career growth.
[00:35:39] The concept of retirement.
[00:38:43] Punching above your weight.
[00:43:29] Emotional intelligence or awareness.
Connect with Bart Fanelli
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bartfanelli/
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