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Tips & Tricks for Advancing in Your Career While Being a Parent

Amy Dredge Head of Technology Center of Excellence at Pluralsight
July 26, 2021 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET Virtual Free to attend
Tips & Tricks for Advancing in Your Career While Being a Parent

About this session

Being a parent and having a career can feel incompatible. How can you be responsible for someone else's daily wellbeing, take care of yourself, AND grow your career?

Pluralsight’s Amy Dredge is proof that it is possible. She never thought she could be a mother and the sole breadwinner in her family, but she’s doing it every day in a way that is sustainable and fulfilling. In this chat, Amy will share tips and tricks that she has learned along the way that can help you achieve your dreams– at home and at work.

You’ll leave this chat with:

  • Time allocation strategies to help you focus on what's most important
  • Mindset tools so you can be your biggest champion
  • Advice on how to advance in your career while taking care of others

Meet the speaker

Amy Dredge

Amy Dredge

Head of Technology Center of Excellence at Pluralsight

In ten years, Amy grew from a new Computer Science graduate to Pluralsight's Head of Technology Center of Excellence. At that same time, she created her family which includes three children, now ages seven to one. Amy is passionate about software engineering, team collaboration, and sustainable practices and she loves to serve in her community, run, cook, and garden.

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