Jeremy Wight, CareMessage VP of Engineering, Delivers Career Growth Advice at Codementor.io Developer Growth Summit
We were thrilled to have CareMessage Vice President of Engineering, Jeremy Wight, present recently at the Codementor.io Developer Growth Summit!
Drawing on his many years of experience as a manager of engineers, product managers and designers, Jeremy provided guidance on how to help achieve consistent and sustained career growth.
Jeremy’s entire presentation on expectation-setting and career growth is well worth a watch- for engineers and others- but here are a few actionable tips:
- Dive deep to understand what your organization wants and needs in terms of three key areas- technical competency, project management, and leadership- and align your personal growth plan to these wants and needs.
- Proactively use your 1:1s with your manager to identify gaps that exist, propose solutions, and ask for feedback to confirm your manager’s buy-in.
- Document progress, questions, and areas of improvement- and surface these to your manager on a regular basis.
And the benefit of putting these tips into practice? According to Jeremy-
“By being clear about the things that you are working towards and articulating those well, you are going to put yourself in a better position to move forward in your career- and to move forward faster.”