Boost Your Career in 2025! (#65)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK!

With the first Foojay podcast of 2025, we want to help you to boost your career! By now, you've likely had your year-end performance review with your manager and set some goals to advance in the coming year. Are you ready to take your career growth into your own hands? I've invited three fantastic guests who are eager to share their experiences and help you elevate your professional journey.
Guests
Rafael Del Nero
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafadelnero/
https://www.youtube.com/c/javachallengers
https://javachallengers.com
Bruno Souza
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brjavaman/
https://java.mn
Career project/blog: https://code4.life/blog
Book: https://careermasterplan.dev
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Elder Moraes
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eldermoraes/
https://www.youtube.com/ElderMoraes
https://instagram.com/eldermoraes
SouJava (JUG Brazil)

https://www.meetup.com/SouJava/
http://soujava.org.br/
Content
00:00 Introduction of topic and guests
01:44 Why are the guests mentors for others?
06:25 There are many important skills you need to develop
07:38 How are they handling the mentoring process?
15:58 A mentor needs a mentor himself
16:43 Different growing paths, technical versus managing
21:59 How participating in JUGs can evolve your career
30:50 The impact of being a Java Champion
33:33 What is the value of mentoring?
41:18 How to get a salary increase?
50:18 Just ask for any change you want!
59:44 Book Bruno
01:01:16 Outro