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Why Technical Experience Matters: How To Build a Lifelong Career in Software Development
Today big tech companies understand the value of offering a technical career path and supporting employees to choose those instead of the classical management career. However, when I started, more than 20 years ago, this path was not yet visible in the career jungle. Knowing my strengths and what made me happy, I pursued and successfully managed to have a solid technical career, becoming a well known expert in my field.
In this session, I would like to share a few lessons I learnt in this journey, discussing what you can do to advance in a technical career based on real world experience. I'll show how you can be a lifelong software developer, having your technical expertise valued by the industry and the role you will play in mentoring the next generation.
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Sven Reimers
System Engineer @Airbus Defence & Space
Sven Reimers is an industrial engineer with over 25 years of experience in designing and implementing distributed systems which have a focus in the engineering domain. He was the lead software architect for a system and network management solution for satellite communication networks, which received the Duke'c Choice award. He currently works on ground segment software for earth observation satellite systems. He is author of several scientific articles, co-author of some Java community driven books and is a long term member of the program committee of the JavaOne conference. He was chosen a Java Champion by his peers. Currently, he works as an eXpert for functional chain software architecture for earth observation systems at Airbus Defence and Space
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