{"id":3717,"date":"2021-03-10T10:20:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T00:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2022-07-06T22:18:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:18:20","slug":"10-strategic-career-goals-for-web-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/2021\/03\/10\/10-strategic-career-goals-for-web-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Strategic Career Goals For Web Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learning new skills is part of a web developer's role due to the frequent changes and advancements in technology and frameworks. I personally know quite a few developers who are learning Rust right now. However, just learning programming skills isn't enough if you want to succeed and get ahead in your web developer's career.<\/p>\n<h3>What are strategic career\u00a0goals?<\/h3>\n<p>Strategic career goals are those that will propel you towards where you want to head professionally, in one year, two years, or even five years. They have a purpose, reflect your professional vision, and have a significant impact on your career success.<\/p>\n<h3>Strategic career goals for web developers<\/h3>\n<p>They can be categorised as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Technical goals<\/li>\n<li>Job goals<\/li>\n<li>Entrepreneurship goals<\/li>\n<li>Leadership goals<\/li>\n<li>Community goals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some specific examples of strategic career goals. These goals will get you ahead in your career as a web developer.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>1) Technical goals<br \/>\nExample #1\u00a0:<br \/>\nbecome an expert in a domain, technology, or language such as Performance, Machine Learning, or Javascript<br \/>\nExample #2\u00a0:<br \/>\nwork on a system that has X scale or complexity, such as 3 millions of requests per second<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>2) Job\u00a0goals<br \/>\nExample #3\u00a0:<br \/>\nget to a specific job title, such as architect, senior engineer, CTO, developer evangelist<br \/>\nExample #4\u00a0:<br \/>\nwork at a prestigious tech company, such as Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google (FANG)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>3) Entrepreneurship goals<br \/>\nExample #5\u00a0:<br \/>\nstart a side hustle, such as freelancing<br \/>\nExample #6\u00a0:<br \/>\nmake your first sale of software you wrote<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>4) Leadership goals<br \/>\nExample #7\u00a0:<br \/>\nmentor someone and see them get better over time<br \/>\nExample #8\u00a0:<br \/>\nhelp a new person on your team onboarded and get started<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>5) Community goals<br \/>\nExample #9\u00a0:<br \/>\ngive a talk on a technical topic that you're passionate about at a meetup, conference or event<br \/>\nExample #10\u00a0:<br \/>\nwrite a useful blog or an article that gets shared a lot<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>To summarise, strategic career goals that web developers should aim for in 2021 are:<br \/>\nbecome an expert in a domain, technology or language<br \/>\nwork on a system that has X scale or complexity<br \/>\nget to a specific job title<br \/>\nwork at a prestigious tech company<br \/>\nstart a side hustle<br \/>\nmake your first sale of software you wrote<br \/>\nmentor someone and see them get better over time<br \/>\nhelp a new person on your team onboarded and get started<br \/>\ngive a talk on a technical topic that you're passionate about at a meetup, conference or event<br \/>\nwrite a useful blog or an article that gets shared a lot<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gumroad.com\/l\/softwaredevelopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Career Guide for Software Developers<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Get ready for the future of work\u00a0now<\/h3>\n<p>The technology industry is one of the fastest-growing industries today. The future of work has arrived for web developers. I know for a fact that it is different than work we know previously and thus requires different mindsets and skills from web developers to be effective in their role.<\/p>\n<p>What's more\u200a-\u200ait is estimated that sixty percent of all new jobs in the twenty-first century will require skills that only twenty percent of the current workforce possesses. What this means is that you will need to be flexible, adaptable and always be learning and growing in your career to thrive in the future of work. So set strategic career goals in 2021 and set yourself up for success in your role today and beyond!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning new skills is part of a web developer&#8217;s role due to the frequent changes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-software-engineer-career-growth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>10 Strategic Career Goals For Web Developers | Tech Leadership Advice &amp; Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s not enough to learn a new framework every year as a web developer if you want to succeed and get ahead in your career.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/2021\/03\/10\/10-strategic-career-goals-for-web-developers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 Strategic Career Goals For Web Developers | Tech Leadership Advice &amp; 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