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I have joined Capgemini today .Hr told us that we got the id tomorrow .Then we need to update the bank account in the talent portal.But where to get the mobile pass code and talent works only in intranet .How to connect from home laptop? As capg will deliver laptop after 7 to 8 days.can anyone please help ?
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I feel like after a point you just need to know how to get things done and focus on your managerial skills. While you will always need to know what's new in the industry, you don't have to know the lengths and breadths of it, but just enough to be able to have those conversations and guide others to get the job done.
And still be an IC
There is no escape from up-skilling/learning if you want to stay valuable. Learn to love it and take it as part of your job.
First learn to be a problem solver, coding will be more automated and world will need much less coder every passing year. Most of the past coders will become "configurators" adapting precoded libraries. This learning curve would be less steep in comparison to learning a new coding language. The important skill will be whether you can bridge the business technology gap. How deeply you understand the business needs and problems will drive quality of your solutions. Thus develop deeper expertise in business processes and business domain in general as you move up your career.
In a longer time horizon, a usual career graph as such looks like and hour glass.. where you start broad then go narrow to a domain of deep expertise and then go broad when taking a senior leadership role. Each step of your career will bring it's own set of challenges and learning curves. So don't be wary of learning..take it as a journey, discover what you really love as you go along. Your interests will change with time pulling you into different directions and every time you decide to get swayed, you'll discover new learning paths...revisit Mr. Jobs last address.."stay hungry, stay foolish".. happy learning.!
This surely is a grave problem, now I see even a shop owner is at a better position than us.
I see no one has answer to this extremely concerning question, evryone is on the same boat. So let's change this and come up with ideas to see what can be done. Afterall, each one of us will be going thru this phase.
I'll go first. I have 3.5 years of experience, and I've already been trying to move to the type of work that I would be able to do for long term, haven't succeeded yet, but starting early should probably work out.
I am also with same exp as you and I don’t think will be able to survive in IT world after 10 or 15 yrs from now. Upskilling is only way to survive or stay relevant to market. But question is what skill to learn now, how and from where to start. I am bit clueless.
Let's look at this way. The currently common software/ML engineer or Data Scientist roles were unheard of 30 years ago. They have evolved into these roles overtime and so have the people who were working on software 30 years ago upskilled themselves over time and are market leaders in the industry today. It has not been an overnight shift but has been an incremental process.
Similarly the kind of roles available 30 years down the line cannot be assessed right now, but we can safely say that the mundane/repetitive work currently am analyst/entry level software engineer might be doing in some large MNCs will become extinct as a result of automation and move towards optimized resources.
Although we should have one eye towards the kind of roles that might survive for atleast another 30 years; a larger part of our focus should be on constantly upskilling ourselves and trying to stay ahead of the current market as long as we are intellectually stimulated. In that case even if the industry changes, we could also evolve eventually into the roles accordingly.
However, if you do not wish to spend time on upskilling during your 40s or 50s, then that is a whole other discussion in terms of growth limitation unless you move completely to a business/people management kind of role. There'd still be a learning curve but might not be as intellectually challenging as learning an entirely new stack of programming languages or ML algorithms.
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Yes and also we cannot keep coding , upskilling. Looks at some point need to move to management
I think moving into managerial positions is an option. But what if one doesn't want to go in that direction and wants to continue as a technical person. Any idea?
Don't overthink, do the work, spend time with your family. Eventually everything will come into place.
Think you never faced office politics for promotions😂
Hey buddy, I am using buddy because I feel the exact same way. I am 31 years old myself and face this question everyday.
One thing that does help me is -
prioritising my mental health and drawing boundaries. At some point my whole life was about work, now I break it between work, family and leisure.
Work is no longer my number one priority but my needs are number 1. I put myself first and it gives me a bit more clarity on what my life means to me.
This is no expert advice- I just hope it helps you to know that many of us feel the same way
Following this thread as I'm in the same boat.
+1 don't know the further
I have also facing se situation going through the similar feelings ....😫
It's the beer who wrote this grammatically incorrect line..
Right Line by me -
"I have the similar feelings and facing the same issue"
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We are on the same boat brother/sister.🙏🏼
Save enough and don't lead a lavish lifestyle.
My plan before becoming 35 is as follows:
Focus more on increasing passive income. Have an idea to startup your business, so u can hire the current talents. Save enough and Do what you love
We are on the same boat dear.. am thinking about managerial skills to ladder high..