A Career Advice: Change is the Only Constant
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The document discusses how change is constant and provides examples from the author's career journey spanning several decades working in technology. It notes how innovations and trends in technology emerged and evolved rapidly over the years. The author advocates following your passion, being open to sideways moves, challenging the status quo, not fearing failure, finding a healthy work-life balance, and embracing constant change.
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A Career Advice: Change is the Only Constant
- 1. Change is the only constant Subtitle Sven Peters · K15t · @svenpet From Dithmarschen to Silicon Valley (and back)
- 2. Constant
- 4. Photo by Shridhar Gupta on Unsplash Photo by Christine Donaldson on Unsplash
- 6. 75 years 68 years 62 years 22 years 1.5 years Innovations to reach 50 million
- 9. Change happens faster than you think
- 10. Change happens faster than you think
- 12. My journey
- 13. 2000
- 19. 2004 Web Development 100% on software
- 23. Follow Trends
- 25. Technology
- 27. 2006
- 30. Agile
- 34. 2011
- 35. Sidewards Don’t be afraid to move
- 41. Constant Is the only Change Acquire Products Offices Cloud first Re-Org Wall Street 50%+ / year
- 45. Move fast Fail fast Fix fast & smart
- 47. Fail Don’t be afraid to
- 51. 2018
- 53. Change
- 56. This is the norm
- 57. My journey
- 58. Follow trends
- 59. Follow trends Go with your passion
- 60. Follow trends Go with your passion Don’t be afraid to move sidewards
- 61. Follow trends Go with your passion Don’t be afraid to move sidewards Challenge the status quo
- 62. Follow trends Go with your passion Don’t be afraid to move sidewards Challenge the status quo Don’t be afraid to fail
- 63. Follow trends Go with your passion Don’t be afraid to move sidewards Challenge the status quo Don’t be afraid to fail Find your own balance
- 64. Follow trends Go with your passion Don’t be afraid to move sidewards Challenge the status quo Don’t be afraid to fail Find your own balance
- 65. Change Embrace