RUNNING MARATHON, ONE SPRINT AT A TIME? Five career lessons from a crazy life journey

RUNNING MARATHON, ONE SPRINT AT A TIME? Five career lessons from a crazy life journey

@mjpalash

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Education #smallcities #careerguidance #schoolstudents

How will you perceive your career milestones when you look at next 30 years or more? This deck shares five career lessons drawn from my decidedly unusual career path starting from a school in a small city called Bokaro Steel City. The deck doesn't have much text since this was delivered as an interactive session but it should give an idea of what I am focusing on, especially if you have worked for a while. If you are keen to know more, please connect.

RUNNING MARATHON, ONE SPRINT AT A TIME? Five career lessons from a crazy life journey

@mjpalash4 weeks ago

RUNNING MARATHON, ONE SPRINT AT A TIME?

Five career lessons from a crazy life journey

MARATHON (42.2 KM) VS. SPRINT (100 M)

CAREER IS A LONG-TERM AND COMPLEX GAME

#of Open Tech Jobs

Total open tech jobs at tech startups, tech unicorns, and public tech companies

Open Jobs at Tech Companies

500,000

300,000

100,000

2022

2023

CAREER IS NOT ONLY IT OR TECH

213,361

Mar

Y55.38 from peak

730.9% from low

source: trueup.ioljob-trend

LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH THE UNKNOWN AND SUCCEED

MY JOURNEY

STUDENT TO STUDENT IN 30 YEARS!

School (DPS Bokaro)

Undergraduate IIT Delhi

Tech startups

MBA Univ of Wash.

SumTotal

Microsoft

PhD (ongoing) IIIT Hyderabad

Academia, Policy; Entrepreneurship

Microsoft

Entrepreneurship

SumTotal

Education Startups

Zenoti

Five career and life lessons

Lesson #1: Embrace everyday learning, not exam fever

Lesson #2: Embrace skills, not degrees

Lesson #3: Embrace technology enablement, not brain rot

Lesson #4: Embrace grit, not complacency

Lesson #5: Embrace the genius of AND, not the tyranny of OR

Final words..

A career philosophy to consider

CAREER IS

QUESTIONS?

Mrityunjay Kumar (MJ)

mj@palash.com

RUNNING MARATHON, ONE SPRINT
AT A TIME?
Five career lessons
from a crazy life
journey

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MARATHON
(42.2 KM)
VS.
SPRINT (100 M)

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CAREER IS A LONG-TERM AND COMPLEX GAME
ම𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧)

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CAREER IS NOT ONLY IT OR TECH

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LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
UNKNOWN AND SUCCEED

5/15

MY JOURNEY
STUDENT TO STUDENT
IN 30 YEARS!

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Five career and life lessons

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Lesson #1: Embrace everyday learning, not exam fever

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Lesson #2: Embrace skills, not degrees

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Lesson #3: Embrace technology enablement, not brain rot

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Lesson #4: Embrace grit, not complacency

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Lesson #5: Embrace the genius of AND, not the tyranny of OR

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Final words..
A career philosophy to consider

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QUESTIONS?
Mrityunjay Kumar (MJ)
mj@palash.com
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This is the deck for the talks given in two schools in Bokaro in Dec 2024.

RUNNING MARATHON, ONE SPRINT AT A TIME? Five career lessons from a crazy life journey

@mjpalash

How will you perceive your career milestones when you look at next 30 years or more? This deck shares five career lessons drawn from my decidedly unusual career path starting from a school in a small city called Bokaro Steel City. The deck doesn't have much text since this was delivered as an interactive session but it should give an idea of what I am focusing on, especially if you have worked for a while. If you are keen to know more, please connect.

Education

#smallcities #careerguidance #schoolstudents

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