How to build your career
2022TL; DR
I’ll cover tips I learned over my career on everything from interviewing to building your personal brand.
Session Details
In three years I went from a complete unknown to a popular blogger, speaker at PASS Summit, a SQL Server MVP, and then joined Microsoft. Along the way I saw my yearly income triple. Is it because I know some secret? Is it because I am a genius? No! It is just about laying out your career path, setting goals, and doing the work.
I’ll cover tips I learned over my career on everything from interviewing to building your personal brand. I’ll discuss perm positions, consulting, contracting, working for Microsoft or partners, hot fields, in-demand skills, social media, networking, presenting, blogging, salary negotiating, dealing with recruiters, certifications, speaking at major conferences, resume tips, and keys to a high-paying career.
Your first step to enhancing your career will be to attend this session! Let me be your career coach!
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Speakers
James Serra's other proposed sessions for 2026
Data Architectures and Microsoft Fabric - 2026
Enhancing your career: Building your personal brand - 2026
Learning to present and becoming good at it - 2026
Using Generative AI on Structured and Semi-structured Data - 2026
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