Name : Vijay Dewangan
Designation : Senior SW Engg
Company Name : Qualcomm Atheros Inc.
I am 2006 graduate from NITW. Spent 2 years in IISc Bangaloer as a Research Assistant, worked on Wireless sensor networks. After the my stay at IISc Bangalore,I joined The Ohio State University (OSU) and finished my MS in Electrical Engineering in 2010. Currently, I am working as SW engineer in Qualcomm Atheros Inc. LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/vijaydewangan/
Topic: Midlife Career Change an Event: After-before effects
Abstract:Midlife Career Change After working for number of years in a field, many of us start thinking of changing the job, may in the same field or want to explore new field. These thoughts comes in one's mind because of many reasons like want to pursue hobby as full time job, or want to grow up in the Technical/ Management ladder, or loss of invested interest in current job etc. We can see this career change as an Event which has after and before effects. We are have questions and a background worry about these effects. In this power session we will try to explore the various concerns each individual has, and what are the measures/ steps the individual has thought about. This will be an open session to share their ideas and thoughts about what were factors that trigger these career changes, why they made a particular choice, and how do they overcome the after effects of the career change. This interactive session will try to bring out the concerns of all those people who are going through the thought of career change by providing them with the ideas about different career options, different after-and-before effects to think about, and getting valuable suggestions on "how and when to take an action" from the people who have already done this.