Job search toolkit for tech professionals

Tools, which cover most of what makes acting on your career confusing or overwhelming.

A spreadsheet of what you've actually done – projects, tasks, tools, impact, what you enjoyed, what drained you.

Used together with story templates that turn that into structured searchable interview preparation cards.

Ideal, when you keep thinking "I don't have much to show" or "it was just my job".

A direction exercise. You picture your life 10 years from now, then 5 years, then 1 – and work backwards from abstract goals to concrete things to start, stop, or build today.

It pins down what you actually want — not what looks impressive.

Then you can merge it with your Skill Base – and brainstorm how to marry "what I already have" with "where I want this to lead me".

Stop reading job ads like exam sheets. Put on your detective hat: find the problems they're hiring to solve, and match them to experience you already have.