Traveling for your job: survival tipsMark Cathcart, Senior Distinguished Engineer,Executive Director, Software Group, Dell Inc.Fellow of the British Computer Society, CITP
February, 2013
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Where the hell is Matt?
Agenda• Travelling for your job
• How to handle personal issues professionally
• Thinking about and preparing for mid-career and long-term career prospects
• The joys and expectations of working in a large company
MAKE SURE CHANGE IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS FOR YOU, NOT TO YOU!
Travel, but not for too long. Don’t kid yourself it’s glamorous.
TAKE CHARGE
Travel Programs
Expenses• Where there is travel
There are receiptsReceipts = lost money
• Corporate credit cards
• “Find the raincoat”
DON’T GIVE THEM A REASON TO FIRE YOU!
How to handle personal issues professionally
Thinking about and preparing for mid-career and long-term career prospects
Build your career as a pyramid• Not as a ladder
You need to have a base of experience• It’s a much more stable structure
Taking lateral moves• It involves getting out of your comfort zone
Carol Bartz, President, CEO Yahoo! Inc.
The joys and expectations of working in a large company
