Ready to untangle that messy career code? Start with a Career Tech Debt Audit. I’ve created a simple, downloadable worksheet to guide you through your first audit. In it, you’ll systematically identify the “debt” in your professional life.
What’s inside the audit? It’s a guided exercise to help you break down your career into components and evaluate each one. You’ll list out your core skills and assess which ones are up-to-date and which might be legacy relics in need of upgrading. You’ll outline your last few job moves and ask: did they get me closer to my long-term goals, or were they detours? You’ll reflect on times you felt most stuck or disengaged, to pinpoint exactly what drove you to that point (Was it the work itself? The environment? Lack of growth?). By writing these out, you’ll get a clear picture of where your biggest career “bugs” are.
This worksheet is like running a diagnostic on your career code. Once you have the results, you’ll be equipped to prioritize what to tackle first. Maybe you’ll discover you desperately need to update a certain skill, or that you’ve been in the wrong department all along. That clarity is powerful — it’s the first step in drafting a game plan to clean up the mess.
Make a copy of the worksheet, grab a pen (or open your notes app), and spend an hour on your first Career Tech Debt Audit. Consider it a personal code review. Be honest with yourself — this is for your eyes only. The goal is to map out your issues so we can start fixing them, one by one.
You’re not broken. Your career isn’t doomed. It just needs a good refactor — and over the next few weeks, we’re going to roll up our sleeves and do just that. Stay tuned, because the journey to cleaner, meaner career code is just beginning.