My only career management engine — and thus advice — is to share. I thought about it after reading Mathieu's article on that topic (in French), it's not really a planning involving ladders but the end result is far more rewarding. Why is that so powerful?

• By sharing you meet new people. You have to find people to share your knowledge with, from going to conferences to taking the responsibility to train someone, it will definitely boost your career.
• By sharing you learn new things. You have to dig into something to be able to share it, you have to be curious, you have to find new people, new ways of thinking. You'll be more confident and proficient.
• By sharing you know when to quit. The moment you stop being able to share at work should ring like an alarm bell. Hey wake up, your brain cells are doing boring & repetitive stuff!
• By sharing you become valuable. Both for your team and your company, your value is related to the way you explore, you synthesize, you create links between people and knowledge.
• By sharing you become humble. You realize that you just know a very small part of the vast knowledge ocean and that your experience has to be confronted with others'.

Your value is proportional to the number of times you shared your knowledge, your experience, your ideas with others. This advice will make you richer every day, not only in money :-).

Original post of David Larlet.Votez pour ce billet sur Planet Libre.