245: Invest in Yourself Continuously and Become Passionate About What You Do with Siddick Elaheebocus

<p>Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Siddick Elaheebocus. Siddick has worked in the IT industry for 18 years.  He is currently a Director and Technology Strategist for an IT services company based in the French Pacific providing vendor-agnostic digital advisory, professional services and training.</p> <p>Siddick is also a Chartered IT Professional, a long-standing Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), a technology conference speaker and a mentor. He is also a former Microsoft TechIdol winner</p> <p>In this episode, Phil and Siddick Elaheebocus discuss how continuous self-development provides security and opens up exciting possibilities. In the podcast, Siddick goes over numerous ways you can do all of this efficiently.</p> <p>They discuss why having a purely technical skillset is no longer sufficient for IT professionals. As well as why failure is not a negative thing.</p> <p><strong>KEY TAKEAWAYS:</strong></p> <p><strong>(6.37) TOP CAREER TIP</strong></p> <p>Invest in yourself continually. Things change fast you never know when your role will change drastically or disappear, and you need to find a new one.</p> <p>Growing your knowledge, skills, and networking will ensure you are ready for the move. You also need to work on your soft skills and personality.</p> <p><strong>(9.43) WORST CAREER MOMENT</strong></p> <p>When Siddick took on his first management role he had to learn on the job. The firm he worked for did not provide any formal people management training. Unfortunately, he made a mistake. One that started to impact his professional image negatively. He could not fully fix the issue, so ended up leaving a job he loved.</p> <p>This experience prompted him to learn people skills. Something that Siddick found has helped his career immeasurably.</p> <p><strong>(13.39) CAREER HIGHLIGHT</strong></p> <p>Being involved in the launch of the first public cloud in Tahiti is Siddick´s biggest career highlight. There were a lot of challenges, but they succeeded and provided an affordable