Date:     Jul 07/27/09 8:26 PM
 Subject:  NEJUG Meeting ( Thu, Aug 13): Career 2.0: Take Control of Your Life


In these tough times, it is beneficial that we are properly managing our career and and skill set
to be positioned to keep our jobs or find a new position in a sea of highly skilled and hungry competitors.
Come join us for August meeting where Jared Richardson will discuss various techniques for managing our career.


On Thu, Aug 13, the NEJUG meeting "Career 2.0: Take Control of Your Life" presented by Jared Richardson
will take place at Sun Microsystems. As always the doors will open at 5pm for networking, pizza should
arrive around 5:30pm, and the presentation will take place at 6pm.

Register now to reserve your seat

For raffle at this months meeting our generous sponsors have contributted:

One IntelliJ license - Contributed by JetBrains
Books from our sponsors Apress, addisson wessley, and Manning.
We will also have our Book Exchange again, so make room for new books by bringing in your old books for
exchange.


Presentation Overview:

Has your career been a random product of your manager's whims or company's needs? Never rely on your
company to keep your skills current and marketable. Take control of your own career with a proven strategy.
These are solid, repeatable steps to get your career in the trajectory you want. The first step is deciding
where you want to go. We'll walk through creating a long-term plan, then break it down into manageable steps.
Learn to lead within your own company, then stretch out to your local, regional and national community,
building your reputation as you go. From coding to writing to speaking, each step will move you closer to
where you want to be: in a position of having options and in control of your career.


About our speaker:

Jared Richardson, co-author of Ship It! A Practical Guide to SuccessfulSoftware Projects, is a speaker,
consultant, and mentor with NFJS One. Jared has been in the industry for more than fifteen years as a
consultant, developer, tester, and manager.

Jared can be found online at AgileArtisans.com, NFJSOne.com, and career20.blogspot.com


Look forward to seeing you on Thu, Aug 13.

Mark Johnson
President, NEJUG
email:mark.f.johnson@cgi.com