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<aside> <img src="https://img.icons8.com/ios/250/000000/goal.png" alt="https://img.icons8.com/ios/250/000000/goal.png" width="40px" /> Long-Term Goals Think about what you’d like to accomplish in your career and then provide a reasonable timeline to meet that goal. You can be as flexible or rigid about these goals as you’d like. This is more a place for your to place your ideal objectives and then try to give yourself a timeline to meet it.
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| Timeline | Goals |
|---|---|
| 6 months | |
| 1 year | |
| 3 years | |
| 5 years |
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| Skill | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Platform Engineering | |
| Systems Administration | |
| Network Security |
<aside> <img src="https://img.icons8.com/ios/250/000000/light-on.png" alt="https://img.icons8.com/ios/250/000000/light-on.png" width="40px" /> Future Skills Now, list the skills you want to learn along with a use case for each one. Do they tie into your long-term goals? Do they help you excel at your current job? Or maybe they will improve your opportunities in the future. Either way, list them out and make sure they have a legitimate use case for your career growth.
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| Skill I Want to Learn | Use Case |
|---|---|
| Python (Automation) | Automating repetitive tasks for myself and/or team will free up more time to focus on more complex problems or tasks. |
| Git (Version Control) | |
| Terraform (IaC) |
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Structuring Your Goals Time to put it all together. Review your goals, current skills, future skills and use the S.M.A.R.T method to develop a plan that keeps you accountable and focused. Track your progress using the Career Development Tracker template to stay on task.
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| Skill | Development Goal | Success Metric | Actions | Activities | Date to Review Progress | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
