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Set SMART goals to get ahead in your career.

Where would you like to be in one year? In five years? What experiences will help you achieve that? What interests and skills would you like to use in your career? Setting a career goal is about deciding where you want to head in your career, and noting the steps needed to reach that point. What are examples of typical career goals? Increase professional knowledge and training. Whether taking a college class, a workshop offered by an employer, getting a certification, or other, this is a common goal. It can be useful both if you are looking for work, or are already employed. Increase earnings. Being underpaid often detracts from motivation and performance. Making changes to earn more increases enthusiasm for most jobs, and motivates a job search. Improve low-functioning work processes or relationships. This goal area can make the daily work experience more positive and rewarding. Have new experiences. Whether volunteering in your community or at work, joining a professional association

Set careers goals

  Making a career goal is about deciding where you want to go in your career. First, figure out the smaller steps needed to reach that goal. Think about where you would like to be in one year. Then, think about where you would like to be in five years. What experiences will help you get there? What interests and skills would you like to use? Here are some examples of common career goals: 1. Increase Professional Knowledge And Training Learning new things is a common goal for many people. Those who are looking for work want to make sure they have the right skills. People who have a job can use new skills to grow in their role. One way to increase your knowledge is to take a college class. You can also think about attending workshops offered on the job. Earning a new certification is another idea. 2. Increase Salary Being underpaid can make people less interested in their work. Taking steps to earn more money can make you more excited about your job. Wanting to earn more can also motivat

Django & HTMX Server-Side Datatables

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  In this short guide, you will learn how to create a modern, fast UI for browsing large datasets with Django & HTMX. When dealing with large amounts of data, for example, thousands or millions of rows the DOM will be too slow. In cases like this, it is better to let the database do all the heavy lifting. Prerequisites Basic knowledge of Django Basic knowledge of HTMX LEVEL - 💻 💻 Beginner-Intermediate. Basic knowledge of Django and HTMX is assumed. The codebase for the tutorial can be found  here  . Clone the repository if you want to follow along. Introduction Our objective for this tutorial is to set up a view for browsing a large dataset i.e. 100,000 plus rows. We will be using the  django-tables2  library, to simplify turning tabular data into HTML tables. We will use TailwindCSS to style the table view and HTMX for Ajax requests and DOM manipulation. The Web application We will be building a simple search metrics app that displays a table of search records. Project Structure