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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?

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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!

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Travel, but not for too long. Don’t kid yourself it’s glamorous.

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TAKE CHARGE

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Travel Programs

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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!

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How to handle personal issues professionally

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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.

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The joys and expectations of working in a large company

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