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Build A Knowledge Portfolio... Increase Your Chances Of Getting A Job!
By James Arendt
Remain Competitive in Today's IT Market…Build a Knowledge Portfolio!
Times have changed. The competition here and abroad for jobs is tough, to put it mildly. As a programmer you are going to have to work hard to stay in the rat race – to stay relevant…but how?
Take the initiative for your career – for your future
Your greatest assets are your knowledge, experiences, and the ability to apply these to developing solutions.
Dave Thomas, author of "The Pragmatic Programmer, states in a talk "How to Keep Your Job", that you must "invest in yourself". He suggests that we treat our knowledge assets as if they were a financial portfolio. By investing in – and managing – your "Knowledge Portfolio", you ensure that your knowledge assets maintain or increase their overall value and endure changes in the industry, hence remaining more marketable.
The Keys to a Successful Knowledge Portfolio
1. Plan…Set a Goal and Stay the Course…
"Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan."– Tom Landry
A successful Knowledge Portfolio starts with a plan. Would you build a house, plan for retirement, or put aside a nest egg for your child's college tuition without having an appropriate plan adapted to reaching that particular goal? No! Why should your career be any different?
Your Knowledge Portfolio should consist of the never-ending learning process I mentioned above. Do not assume that the knowledge base you have today will be valuable five years from now. Plan for now and for the future by setting specific goals for this year, next year, and five years from now and allow room for change.
Get a sense of where the industry is heading…Decide on where you want to be…Read books,magazines, blogs, newsgroups, and mailing lists…Join community sites…Talk to people.
2. Invest
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."– Benjamin Franklin
It is vital to take the time necessary to build your Knowledge Portfolio. "Time" should never be an issue. I'm not suggesting hours per day…but rather hours per week or per month. Building your Knowledge Portfolio should become habit and not just something you do when you "have time". It needs to be part of your life, a ritual.
Pursue Knowledge. Pursue Education. Take classes at training centers or colleges.
Learn tools, techniques, and frameworks to improve productivity or the quality of your code. Take time to understand a specific industry outside of IT – i.e. healthcare, finance, etc. You will always obtain some form of return on this investment.
3. Diversify
Planning and investing only gets you part of the way to a successful collection of knowledge assets. Spread out your investments in different areas. Strike a balance between low-risk and high-risk investments. Choose your
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<a href="http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/fundamental/daily_briefing/daily_pieces/trading_news_reports/2010-03-11-1926-EUR_USD__Trading_the_U_S__Advanced.html" style="font-size:1.2em">EUR/USD: Trading the U.S. Advanced Retail Sales Report</a>
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Euro Advances on Speculation Greece's Deficit Crisis Contained
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<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-11/dollar-advances-as-decline-in-stocks-reduces-demand-for-risk.html" style="font-size:1.2em">Euro Advances on Speculation Greece's Deficit Crisis Contained</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">BusinessWeek</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">17 hours ago </span>
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Shelter-currencies received substantial push for growth
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<br> <span style="color:#888888;">Stock Markets Review</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">18 hours ago </span>
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ETF Securities Expands Europe's First And World's Largest Exchange Traded Currency Platform With The Launch Of 10 New Euro-Based Currency ETCs On Xetra
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<a href="http://www.mondovisione.com/index.cfm?section=news&action=detail&id=89122" style="font-size:1.2em">ETF Securities Expands Europe's First And World's Largest Exchange Traded Currency Platform With The Launch Of 10 New Euro-Based Currency ETCs On Xetra</a>
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Euro lower at $1.3550 in European morning trade
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<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE62A1FK20100311" style="color:#009900">Reuters</a>
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- <a href="http://www.todayonline.com/BreakingNews/EDC100310-0000238/Euro-lower-at-US$1,3550-in-European-morning-trade-Greece-calls-for-stricter-market-regulation" style="color:#009900">TODAYonline</a>
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WORLD FOREX: Euro Ticks Up Vs Yen On Japan Importer Buying
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<a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/world-forex-euro-ticks-up-vs-yen-on-japan-importer-buying-2010-03-10" style="font-size:1.2em">WORLD FOREX: Euro Ticks Up Vs Yen On Japan Importer Buying</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">MarketWatch</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">Mar 10, 2010 </span>
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Hedge Funds Lose Money Even With Euro, Pound Tumbles
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<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-10/hedge-funds-lose-money-even-with-euro-pound-tumbles-update1-.html" style="font-size:1.2em">Hedge Funds Lose Money Even With Euro, Pound Tumbles</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">BusinessWeek</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">Mar 10, 2010 </span>
<div style="width:80%;">By Katherine Burton March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds that trade currencies are taking hits from politicians casting them as speculators out to sink the euro and push Greece into insolvency ...</div>
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Comprehensive FX and Futures Daily Commentary
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<a href="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/analysis-reports/technical-research/2010-03-09.html" style="font-size:1.2em">Comprehensive FX and Futures Daily Commentary</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">FXstreet.com The Forex Market</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">Mar 9, 2010 </span>
<div style="width:80%;">by FastBrokers Research Team The EUR/USD is drifting lower today after the currency pair was unable to break through previous March highs during yesterday's run higher. The data wire has been ...</div>
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FOREX: Euro Losing Ground to the Dollar; EUR/USD, FXE
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<a href="http://www.learningmarkets.com/News-Feed/2010030913057/forex-euro-losing-ground-to-the-dollar-eurusd-fxe.html" style="font-size:1.2em">FOREX: Euro Losing Ground to the Dollar; EUR/USD, FXE</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">Learning Markets</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">Mar 9, 2010 </span>
<div style="width:80%;">EUR/USD---The euro (EUR) had been gaining ground on the US dollar (USD) since the end of February, but it looks like the tide may be turning back in favor of the USD. The EUR/USD is consolidating ...</div>
<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/09/euro-faltering-against-the-dollar-eur-usd/">Euro Faltering Against the Dollar; EUR/USD</a> - <span style="color:#888888">BloggingStocks</span><br>
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Ldn FX: Euro-dollar Extends Pullback On Risk Aversion, Fitch
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<a href="http://imarketnews.com/?q=node/9884" style="font-size:1.2em">Ldn FX: Euro-dollar Extends Pullback On Risk Aversion, Fitch</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">Market News International</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">Mar 9, 2010 </span>
<div style="width:80%;">LONDON, Mar. 9 (MNI) - Continued risk aversion, Fitch warnings over Portugal credit grading and further Japanese exporter sales of euro-yen acted to extend euro-dollar's corrective pullback from ...</div>
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investments to maximize the value of your portfolio. Good investments will minimize risk while not preventing opportunities. The more you know, the more valuable you are.
As a programmer, I try not to focus solely on just my favorite technologies, languages or environments. I've learned to branch out to different flavors. However, this took time.
The most value will come from learning something that is greatly different from the familiar. For example; if you know C#, learn Ruby. If your operating system of choice is Windows learn Unix.Know Visual Studio? Learn Emacs. If you create Desktop Applications try developing for Mobile Devices. The list is never ending.
4. Review
Your knowledge portfolio does not live in a vacuum. As the industry and you change, your portfolio's value and plan will require re-evaluation for their relevance. It is imperative to keep an eye on your portfolio. Make it a habit to check it regularly.
Evaluate your assets for their perceived value in the current marketplace. What is their expected value? Is your plan still sound or do you need to change it?
You DO have control over your own destiny…
To be successful in the current IT environment it will take conscious, directed effort on your part. One of the few key areas you have control over is your own value – the value of your Knowledge Portfolio. By taking the initiative and following the suggestions outlined above, you will not only remain competitive, but will also likely find that good opportunities are still out there for the taking.
In closing, I have been a full-time Instructor at SetFocus since 2000. One of the best parts of my job is watching people make an investment in themselves and see return on that investment. Every year roughly 125 men and women join SetFocus' .NET Master's Program in an effort to build or rebuild their Knowledge Portfolios. Through the help and willingness of the instructors, career services, and the students themselves, each person walks away from the Master's Program with a stronger and more marketable Knowledge Portfolio than when they joined and the results speak for themselves. In 2003, 90% of our .NET Master's Program students attained a programming position within 13 weeks following the training…enough said.
"Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were."– David Rockefeller
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SetFocus, known for it's Master's Program and Corporate Training Services, is a unique training organization that provides the most current and cutting edge technologies in the training market. A Microsoft Certified Gold Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS), SetFocus is highly regarded in the Microsoft Learning Solutions Arena.
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