Taking stock of where you are: what have you accomplished this module? What have you learned? Where are you stuck (have you not been able to follow through on outreach? Is your resume not finished?)?
- I have learned and self taught and created a new resume and rough template for a cover letter. I have spent a long time making sure I have been learning
Create plans for 3 different companies you want to target:
Questions to reflect on here: Why do you like this company? What makes you want to work there? Why are you a good fit for this company? What do you bring to the company? What transferable skills do you have? What do you already know about the company (product, team, culture, company size, location, etc.)? What do you need to learn?
Steps to take:
Outreach: look at the company’s LinkedIn page: who could you reach out to? What questions do you want to ask that person? Experience: once you've made a connection at the company, how could you find out more? Consider setting up a job shadow or exploring their tech stack in your projects Read back over the plan. How does it reflect your vision?
Imagine that you get the job. A year later, what have you gained from this experience? How have you started to fulfill your vision?
Plan #1: Coinbase - I like the idea of cryptocurrency, I would enjoy working on making sure transactions happen the way they are supposed to and dealing with it daily. I have experience with math, engineering, and now coding. I need to learn who to contact there. I'm not sure if I would want to do it forever but getting time in and spending it working with them would be interesting. I could see myself working there for a few years before leaving.
Plan #2: Shell. I have trained with them before and I liked the engineering employees. I don't necessarily want to go back to the oil industry but it's familiar and very big in Texas, where I would like to stay. I know people who work there already and can contact. I would only see myself staying there for a short time but getting experience and trying to work on bettering myself.
Plan #3: Netflix. This is the dream. I would love to work at a company that tells stories. I would love to work for them and eventually from the inside get to talk to someone who may be interested in listening to a story I'd love to tell. I have never wanted to code for the rest of my life but I think it's something I should do because I can do it. And if I can transition to story teller, I'd love to be at a company where that could be possible.
Make it actionable: rank each plan on a scale of 1-5 for how much your plan aligns with the following: Available resources to help you pursue it: contacts, time, knowledge of the company, etc. Coherence: how it aligns with your career vision Confidence level: how feasible does this feel to you? How excited you are about it? Now, pick the plan with the highest numbers across the board. What steps will you take next to pursue this strategy as you go into the next module? I believe Shell/the oil industry may be my best bet. I am interviewing for a part time position at a steel company dealing with FANUC robots.