Software Career Bootcamp: Recession, Layoff and AI Challenge

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Course overview

Lecture 2: The motivation behind build a course foucsing on survival over success!?

Chapter 2: Myths vs. Reality

Lecture 1: An alternate industry built to prey on confusion of aspirants.

Lecture 2: Knowing the difference between using a software framework and building software

Lecture 3: Role of funding in higher education and subsequent career

Lecture 4: Role of funding in career

Lecture 5: Dream job fallacy. Over ambition can derail careers at any stage!

Chapter 3: Outsider protocol – The challenges and obstacles for non CS degree engineers

Lecture 1: Overview of 5 factors framework to compare careers.

Lecture 2: Factor 1 : Theory – The knowledge aspect of the career compatability

Lecture 3: Factor 2 : Hands-on or Relevant experience – The execution element of growth

Lecture 4: Factor 3 : Resume – Track record of career trajectory used as currency in market

Lecture 5: Factor 4 : Business Acumen – Awareness of the bigger picture beyond daily tasks

Lecture 6: Factor 5 : Salary – Understanding the nuances beyond mere numbers

Lecture 7: [Deep Dive] How to predict your career growth based on your academic background?

Chapter 4: Challenges faced in early stages of software career

Lecture 1: Location – The ovarian lottery of being born at right place at the right time!

Lecture 2: The decline of search results quality leading to unreliable expertise

Lecture 3: The limited impact of the concept of equal opportunity

Lecture 4: Role of social circles in your career growth

Lecture 5: Role of your team in your career growth

Lecture 6: Role of your peers in your career growth – Imposter syndrome

Lecture 7: Concerns about disproportionate powers handed to managers

Chapter 5: Software as a business – Knowing the factors that dictate what happens to code

Lecture 1: Unicorn vs An enterprise with a billion in profits

Lecture 2: Exploring recuritment constraints for a perspective of optimizing your career

Lecture 3: Understanding the relation between your equity, company market cap and networth.

Lecture 4: Building a habit to analyzing Quarterly results of the company when published

Lecture 5: Realizing the layered nuances of software engineering communications

Lecture 6: Understanding the impact of open source software in career growth

Lecture 7: A glimpse of business process outsourcing in software driving services industry

Chapter 6: Action items and considerations for fixing career path

Lecture 1: Immediately Actionable Insights for Early-Career Software Engineers

Lecture 2: The water cooler culture: Pros and cons of informal gatherings in office

Lecture 3: Precisely calculating personal finance factors based on career goals

Lecture 4: Mastering the Art of Effective Presentations – Less can be more!

Lecture 5: Considerations to be made while choosing post graduate education for growth

Lecture 6: Warning about blindly following the Hustle culture

Lecture 7: Realizing the impact of measuring code quality over quantity as a growth metric

Lecture 8: Indicators to spot toxic culture around you

Lecture 9: Efficient networking goals to create relations with clear intent and sincerity

Lecture 10: Building an instinct to say No whenever necessary

Lecture 11: Treating migration and maintenance projects as learning opportunities

Chapter 7: Understanding nuances of competition at early stage of career.

Lecture 1: Loyalty vs. Caliber

Lecture 2: Timely upskilling to stay relevant without burning out

Lecture 3: Accounting for the impact of hierarchy while applying to niche job openings

Lecture 4: Understanding the power of visa when working abroad

Lecture 5: Navigating Career Trends: Focus on Long-Term Growth

Lecture 6: AI in Software Engineering: Embrace, Don't Fear

Lecture 7: Dealing with failed interviews objectively

Chapter 8: Building fundamentals: Suggestions for self learning and the resources to use

Lecture 1: Career Learning – Step 1 – Why breadth of knowledge matters in early stages?

Lecture 2: Career Learning – Step 2 – Absolute Fundamentals for every software professional

Lecture 3: Career Learning – Step 3 – The deeper knowledge necessary to stay relevant

Chapter 9: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Closing remarks.