Would you like the chance to have a mentoring session with a VP, Director or other influential leader from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Rent The Runway, Zynga, Textio and many others? ? I did! So I scheduled time with these awesome people :) Guess what? They did not tell me to write cleaner code or design more elegant architecture! Instead they shared with me their "career acumen" secrets, things they wished they had learned at school, but instead have had to learn the hard way. In this book, you will hear these leaders' secrets around: - Finding and using your superpowers , the qualities that make you completely unique and memorable - A script for how to negotiate your salary (in a non-aggressive way) and influence your managers and peers from day one - How to do that infamous "networking" thing everyone talks about, especially if you're not a networking event kind of person - How to have professional presence that sets you apart from everyone else - How to hit the ground running in the first 100 days and be the "rockstar" employee everyone talks about and wishes they could hire more of I've had all kinds of adventures during my 10 years of engineering at Microsoft but my absolute favorite thing has been building relationships, speaking to, and mentoring people (both in and out of the tech industry) on how to achieve their career goals while still being themselves. When I interviewed 25 tech leaders for advice on the questions I get over and over, I wanted to share it with more than just my mentees. This book is full of practical, do-today things as well as "scripts" and email templates that we have all actually used. Read the book and let's talk. I love reaching and meeting new people and you can now consider me “in your network” and I hope I can do the same for you. My best always, Dona

You Had Me at Hello World: Mentoring Sessions with Industry Leaders at Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Zynga and more!

Business & Money

Sarkar, Dona

Personal Finance

Dona Sarkar

Everyone’s got that thing. 
 Yes, even you. You know what I’m talking about. Your secret dream or idea. You haven’t yet started to make it a reality…but you can’t stop thinking about it. 
 Why haven’t you started yet? Any of these sound familiar? I don’t have time… It’s not well thought out… I don’t know how to start… I have no one to talk to about it… People will think it’s stupid… It’s too “big” for me to take on right now… It’s too late for me…. 
 Sound like that voice in your head? 
 That voice is a villain. You as the hero of this story are going to defeat that villain. And you’re going to do so in a way that’s been tested with our #DoTheThing community, people who were exactly in your shoes just a few months ago. 
 In this hands-on workbook, you will lead yourself through a set of exercises inspired by classic fiction writing techniques. By the end of the book, you will have completed a write-in Hero's Journey where you will explore your ordinary world, discover the call of adventure, confront the villain and get out of your comfort zone. 
 You will be left with an invitation to join our online (and sometimes in-person!) #DoTheThing community as well as a clear plan for how you're going to start to make your secret dream happen in the next three months. 
 You've waited long enough. You owe this to yourself. 
 Remember, if magic were going to happen in your comfort zone, it probably would have happened by now. 
 Let's go make that magic happen and #DoTheThing – together.

#DoTheThing: Because comfort zones are boring

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Books by Dona Sarkar

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You Had Me at Hello World: Mentoring Sessions with Industry Leaders at Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Zynga and more!

#DoTheThing: Because comfort zones are boring