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"Young specialist" is not an age.
Today I was thinking about what I would like to share, especially with those who are just starting their journey in GIS, geoinformatics or STEM education. I took my first Esri GIS Fundamentals certification course yesterday. It lasted only 2 hours and 35 minutes. To be honest, it seemed too small to mention. I even…
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Requesting a reference for a job search
Following up on Dawn Wright's recent post, "Mentorship Matters: Responsiveness Leads to Reputation", and Lisa Berry's earlier one, "Mentorship Matters: 5 Tips for Approaching Mentors", at the end of this post, I offer a few tips regarding mentorship. But most of the post is about requesting a letter of reference for a job…
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GIS Career Pathways: Software Engineer
Hello Esri YPN community! My name is Tyler Moon, and I am a Senior Software Engineer at Esri. Specifically, I work on developing and supporting the ArcGIS Velocity product. With enough GIS knowledge to understand the customer use cases, combined with a passion for creating reliable and powerful software, my skills and…
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GIS Career Pathways: Esri Intern
If you’re interested in pursuing a career in GIS, you might be wondering: What skills do I already have that would be valuable? What skills do I need to develop? Do I enjoy the technical side of GIS, or the storytelling and communication side? As an Esri intern, I asked many of the same questions before starting my summer…
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Sustaining a nationwide K-12 GIS network: What tangible recognition can we offer to long-term volunteer educators?
Hi everyone. This September, I am launching a nationwide practical experiment for my PhD dissertation focused on developing STEM competencies through GIT across all regions of Ukraine. The evaluation criteria are fully ready and documented in my upcoming research paper. The core of this project relies on a deeply dedicated…
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Fulfilling Event Ambassador milestones through independent local training sessions
Hi community. As a new member, I recently received the official Esri YPN promotional materials and virtual backgrounds, which I am starting to use for my educational sessions. My question is about the tracking metrics: if we host our own independent, grassroots GIS/STEM workshops or webinars for local educators using these…
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Can live media coverage of regional Esri User Events count toward Event Ambassador credits?
Hi everyone. I have been in the YPN Ambassador program for about 1.5 months now, and I have just registered for an official regional Esri User Event in Ukraine this October (October 13-14 in Chernivtsi). As an official Esri Education Blog author, I plan to cover this event to highlight our local GIS resilience for the…
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メンタリングの重要性:イエスと言う力
At this year's Esri User Conference, I had the opportunity to participate in an Esri Young Professionals Network (YPN) panel discussion titled The Power of Saying Yes to the Right Opportunities. Alongside an incredible group of panelists, we explored how career growth is often shaped by the opportunities we choose to…
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Building a strong GIS career as a beginner
Hello everyone, As someone who is just starting my journey in GIS, what skills or areas of GIS should I focus on developing first to build a strong career?”
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Greetings from Peru: Environmental GIS, Remote Sensing, and GeoAI
Hello, Esri YPN community! My name is Hendy Huayana, and I am an environmental engineer and GIS analyst from Lima, Peru. I work with GIS applied to environmental monitoring, spatial analysis, Web GIS, and environmental risk assessment. I am interested in remote sensing, spatial data science, GeoAI, environmental research,…