career-planning

name	career-planning
description	Skills assessment, career frameworks, OKRs, mentorship, board of directors, and career pivots
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Career Planning

Design and execute a long-term career strategy.

Frameworks

IKIGAI — Find Your Direction

     What you love
         |
  What you're ——— What the world
  good at       needs
         |
     What you can be paid for

Career Levels Progression

Level	Focus	Timeline
L3 (Junior)	Execution, learning	0-2 years
L4 (Mid)	Independent delivery	2-4 years
L5 (Senior)	Technical leadership, mentoring	4-7 years
L6 (Staff)	Cross-team impact, strategy	7-10 years
L7 (Principal)	Org-wide influence, industry	10+ years

Skills Assessment

Every 6 Months

1. List your top 5 technical skills (rate 1-10)
2. List top 5 soft skills (rate 1-10)
3. Identify 2 skills to grow next quarter
4. Check job descriptions for target role — what's missing?
5. Create a learning plan with specific milestones

Personal Board of Directors

Curate 3-5 mentors for different domains:

• Technical mentor (senior IC or architect)
• Career mentor (manager or director)
• Industry mentor (different company, same field)
• Personal mentor (life/career balance)

Career Pivot Plan

1. Identify transferable skills
2. Build portfolio projects in new domain
3. Network with people in target field
4. Get certification or targeted education
5. Start with adjacent role, then pivot fully