Please list the top 3-5 industries and companies you'll pursue in your job search as of right now.
- Civil Rights (specifically minrotiy small business)
- Inner City Education (stem related)
- Entrepreneurship
- Art/ Culture
- Fashion or streetwear
Why did you pick the industries/companies that you listed above? How do they relate to the values and goals you have for yourself in your job search?
I picked these industries because they all have the ability to change the live's of people who look like me. I would love to help my community bridge the income gap, but if that is not feasible early on, I would love to encourage different ways of thinking.
How does your LinkedIn currently reflect your goals and industry interests? What changes will you need to make to your LinkedIn to better reflect these?
It does not.
Overview
What is a career journal? The journal will help guide you through the process of discovering who you are as a new developer and how that translates into your career goals. It’s a way to check in with yourself through self-reflection, prompts, and questions, organize your targeted job search, and remember who you met as you build a professional network. Make it your own. Add questions and areas to reflect on each week. Just don’t forget to share all of your successes and achievements along the way!
Ongoing progress checks. Throughout the module, you'll respond to the other prompts and update your progress in your document during professional development workshops and set aside work time.
Module Expectations. A completed career journal is required for successfully passing the module. The career development team will be assessing your progress throughout the module, and you will submit it for final review in week 6. You will also include highlights from your progress in your end of module portfolio presentation.
Directions Copy the following into your own gist or Google Doc. You'll be sharing this with the Career Development Team. At the end of week 1, you'll submit the link to your journal in a survey provided to you by Allison. Please DM her with any questions you have.
Start Where You Are (Empathize with the user -- you): Health: how you answer “how are you”; intersection of physical, mental, and emotional health How would you rate your overall health on a scale of 1-5? How do you currently make time for activities associated with your health? What is a small change you could make here to readjust your health ratings?
Make a short list of all the ways you work right now How much value do each of those things bring to your life? How are those activities purposeful for you? Play: what brings you joy? Think about joy just for the pure sake of doing it; everyone benefits from this kind of play What activities do you do that bring you joy throughout an average week? In what ways could you make a small change to bring more joy into your life?
Love: sense of connection; who are the people who matter in your life and how is love flowing to and from you and them?
How does love currently show up in your life? How do you show love to others right now? What adjustments would you like to make in this area? Looking back at the 4 areas, do any problems emerge that you want to begin designing solutions for? Define your needs, problem, and insights: Based on what you wrote about above and your group conversation, what problems have you identified that you'd like to design solutions for? What do you already about what you want for your career? What do you still need to find out? Who or what do you want to grow into by the end of the Turing program?
Ideate -- challenge assumptions: When you discussed software developers with your small group on Monday, what assumptions came up about what software developers actually do? What steps could you take to challenge those assumptions and find more facts to answer the question of what developers do? In addition to what a typical software developer life could look like, what do you want yours to include?
Prototype -- start creating solutions: What is the basic threshold that your new career must meet after Turing? What would you hope WILL NOT happen in your future after Turing? What is your absolute, no-holds-barred, ideal dream for your future after Turing?
Test –- solutions: Based on this week of reflections, write out your vision statement for your career: Mod 2 Week 2: Mod 2 Week 3: Mod 2 Week 4: Mod 2 Week 5: