Doubting yourself and your work
By Douglas E. Welch
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Doubting yourself and your work
August 29, 2008
Everyone, no matter their work, has to face their own doubts throughout their career. We may be working well, but then an unknown or difficult [...]
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Career growth comes from challenging your own limits ? stretching yourself and reaching for new knowledge and new capabilities. Despite all the benefits, though, many of us avoid challenges [...]
What to do when you don’t like what you do anymore
By Douglas E. Welch
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It happens to all of us at one time or another. After years of working in the same area, [...]
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As an independent, high-tech consultant, I have the usual avenues for making money. One day I might be cleaning up spyware or viruses, on another I might be training a client [...]
It’s not obvious to them
By Douglas E. Welch
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While we all might like to be the smartest person in the room (and in some cases, we are) our knowledge can sometimes get in the way of our career. I know [...]
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Over the years of my high-tech career, a disturbing trend has appeared. More and more potential clients have started to treat me as an adversary with which to negotiate rather than [...]
Change before you are forced to change
By Douglas E. Welch
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It seems a fundamental aspect of human nature that no one likes change. No matter how much we might talk about craving fun and excitement, for most [...]
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One frustrating aspect of a high-tech career is clients who ask for your advice and guidance, but, for whatever reason, never seem to heed it. In these cases, I have found [...]
Develop specialized skills and intuition to avoid being replaced by technology
By Douglas E. Welch
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Working with my computer consulting clients day-after-day, I find that there is a lot of my work that could [...]
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Does there come a time when ?helping out a friend? can actually hurt? It seems that often times, when I agree to offer technical advice or assistance, things can go so [...]
The world is watching, so say something interesting
By Douglas E. Welch
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In past columns I have told you t o be careful what you say on the Internet, as the whole world is watching. Blog posts, [...]
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Most high-tech jobs follow a similar pattern…you work, you complete projects, you work some more and at the end of the year you get your performance review. That?s when you [...]
Teaching and sharing are an important part of any career
By Douglas E. Welch
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