Skills = Coding + Product + Architecture + Market

Multiple things you need to focus on to get a 360 perspective.

• Product Skills - Find your strengths, API, Data Science, Data Analytics, Core skills, Secondary skills
• Market Opportunity - Awareness of consumer/market trends/products to build
• MVP Skills - Identify blocks for building a working product version 1
• Coding Skills - Pick, Identify best practices with scale/architecture

If you don't have you will have this problem link

Objective

• Money
• Career growth
• Fun, enjoyment
• Appreciation
• Kick

Reality

• Deadline pressure
• Ambiguous requirements
• Production issues
• Technical debt
• Disrespect

Career = Sum of Experiences

• Support Function - Working for Nestle supporting 100+ Enterprise Apps, Upgrades, Weekend updates
• Test Function - Working on Windows98 Customer reported issues, Testing, Service packs
• Development - Migrating SQL 2000 to 2008 Xbox Supply Chain platform, Migrating new engine of 220 million serial numbers
• Performance - Testing and validating Holiday jobs/loads and ensuring the system up for the holiday season
• Data Science - Solving Vision, Data, Text building from several iterations
• Data - Creating Cloud / BI / Migrating Inprem to cloud variations

We forget, remember, know some issues, know production lessons. A career is a sum of heterogeneous experiences. Try different roles, and build your own perspective. Everything will sum up and be more empathetic from the customer's point of view.

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