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Software Engineer Career Motivation
Baltimore Go Meetup
 Meetup Event Manager
 23 years in Information
Technology Recruiting
 Python and Programming
Newbie. Taking Go Class
Sunday
 Father of many!
Follow me:
@ariwaller
ariw@jfrog.com
Ari Waller
 Presentation 際際滷s & Video
 Enter our July Sweepstakes for a chance to win a Nintendo Switch w/
Paper Mario and Bioshock
 EVERYONE present who enter WINS a Gopher JFrog T-Shirt
https://bit.ly/BaltimoreGoJFrog
 Unemployment 3.5% (Feb 2020)
 IT Unemployment 1.3% (May 2019)
Hows the Tech Job Market During Covid?
Before Covid-19
During Covid-19
 Unemployment 13.3% (Jun 2020)
 IT Unemployment 4.3% (April 2020)
 IT Unemployment 3.7% (May 2020)
https://www.comptia.org/newsroom/2020/06/05/unexpected-jobs-report-sends-mixed-signals-in-tech-employment
Baltimore GoLang - Software Engineer Career Motivation - JLEAPS!
So
what
does
this
mean
for
How Does GoLang Rank?
 11th most popular language on the Tiobe Index
 13th ranked language on PYPL (Tutorial Searches)
 5th most loved programming language on Stackover鍖ow
 2018 - 2019 #10 & 147% increase in Github Repositories
Go is quickly become a core language
The job opportunities are increasing
Version 2.0 will lead to increased adoption
Remote opportunities will increase
Where will Go?
Job Tech
Location
Environment
Advancement
Pay
Supervisors
JLEAPS Career Motivators
Job Tech Career Motivators
High J
 Is your company using the latest technology?
 Do you code at night?
 Contribute to Open Source
 Low J
 Maintenance and enhancements are low stress
 Legacy languages are 鍖ne enough
 I quit coding at the end of the day
Location Career Motivators
 19% of IT Professional according to Dice said they
were switching jobs due to commute (Dice 2020
Survey)
Environment Career Motivators
 Are you big into company culture
 Open door policy?
 Dress codes and 鍖exibility?

 Do you care little about culture?
 Do you feel this is oversold
 Hard to have the work environment stand alone as a
motivator
Advancement Career Motivators
High A
 Is there a career path for you?
 Is it title based? Skill based?
 Low A
 Im a software engineer and Ill always be a software
engineer
 Titles are not important to me
Pay Career Motivators
High J
 Is your company using the latest technology?
 Do you code at night?
 Contribute to Open Source
 Low J
 Maintenance and enhancements are low stress
 Legacy languages are 鍖ne enough
 I quit coding at the end of the day
Baltimore GoLang - Software Engineer Career Motivation - JLEAPS!
https://insights.dice.com/2019/02/20/top-paying-tech-skills-2019/?ads_kw=golang
Supervisor Career Motivators
Every 2-4 years analyze your JLEAPS
Why?
1. Everyone is different
2. Priorities change over time
3. Live life to its fullest - because YOU can!
Q & A
Follow my daddy @ariwaller
https://bit.ly/BaltimoreGoJFrog

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Baltimore GoLang - Software Engineer Career Motivation - JLEAPS!

  • 1. Software Engineer Career Motivation Baltimore Go Meetup
  • 2. Meetup Event Manager 23 years in Information Technology Recruiting Python and Programming Newbie. Taking Go Class Sunday Father of many! Follow me: @ariwaller ariw@jfrog.com Ari Waller
  • 3. Presentation 際際滷s & Video Enter our July Sweepstakes for a chance to win a Nintendo Switch w/ Paper Mario and Bioshock EVERYONE present who enter WINS a Gopher JFrog T-Shirt https://bit.ly/BaltimoreGoJFrog
  • 4. Unemployment 3.5% (Feb 2020) IT Unemployment 1.3% (May 2019) Hows the Tech Job Market During Covid? Before Covid-19 During Covid-19 Unemployment 13.3% (Jun 2020) IT Unemployment 4.3% (April 2020) IT Unemployment 3.7% (May 2020) https://www.comptia.org/newsroom/2020/06/05/unexpected-jobs-report-sends-mixed-signals-in-tech-employment
  • 7. How Does GoLang Rank? 11th most popular language on the Tiobe Index 13th ranked language on PYPL (Tutorial Searches) 5th most loved programming language on Stackover鍖ow 2018 - 2019 #10 & 147% increase in Github Repositories
  • 8. Go is quickly become a core language The job opportunities are increasing Version 2.0 will lead to increased adoption Remote opportunities will increase Where will Go?
  • 10. Job Tech Career Motivators High J Is your company using the latest technology? Do you code at night? Contribute to Open Source Low J Maintenance and enhancements are low stress Legacy languages are 鍖ne enough I quit coding at the end of the day
  • 11. Location Career Motivators 19% of IT Professional according to Dice said they were switching jobs due to commute (Dice 2020 Survey)
  • 12. Environment Career Motivators Are you big into company culture Open door policy? Dress codes and 鍖exibility? Do you care little about culture? Do you feel this is oversold Hard to have the work environment stand alone as a motivator
  • 13. Advancement Career Motivators High A Is there a career path for you? Is it title based? Skill based? Low A Im a software engineer and Ill always be a software engineer Titles are not important to me
  • 14. Pay Career Motivators High J Is your company using the latest technology? Do you code at night? Contribute to Open Source Low J Maintenance and enhancements are low stress Legacy languages are 鍖ne enough I quit coding at the end of the day
  • 18. Every 2-4 years analyze your JLEAPS Why? 1. Everyone is different 2. Priorities change over time 3. Live life to its fullest - because YOU can!
  • 19. Q & A Follow my daddy @ariwaller https://bit.ly/BaltimoreGoJFrog