Boost your career as a data professional

A talk by Shachar Meir.
When you're early in your career, growth usually means improving your technical skills, or working on new kinds of projects.
As you grow, you realise that that alone isn't enough. In order to grow there are a lot of decisions you need to make, such as your direction, understanding your strengths, finding the right mentors, soft-skills, etc.
In this talk, we will discuss practical ideas that can help you progress and boost your career, including:
1. Saying "no"
2. Finding mentors
3. When to change role
4. How promotions work
5. How to build relationships
6. How to identify big opportunities
7. The importance of direction in career
8. How to leverage your position as a data person
9. ... and more
The speaker will share specific real-world examples and stories, to help make the session more engaging and fun.
Join us and learn how to achieve new heights in your career!
Technical Level: Non-technical/soft skills
This session was part of the Data Science Festival MayDay event 2024. Find out more at datasciencefes....
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