Project Goal: To learn “Contributor Career Strategies” from an experienced contributor.

STEP 1
 Identify any one “Contributor” you know, who has worked for at least 10 years, and who has contributed a lot during the course of his/her career.

[HINT: Think of who you can interview amongst - People known to your family, Colleagues of your parents, Neighbors, Teachers, People who work in your neighborhood (eg: postman, shopkeepers, fruit / vegetable seller, rickshaw driver, municipality workers, etc.)]

STEP 2
 Interview this person, asking him/her to tell you about – 
l The different roles he/she has performed throughout his/her career life.
l How he/she developed and moved up in his/her career. What were the important milestones
in his/her career.
l For each of the new roles or assignments taken up, what new capabilities did he/she have to build (so as to be able to fulfill the new responsibilities).
l What were some of the most important career choices he/she made? How did he/she think about these choices? What made him/her make these choices?
l What are some of the most important “contributions” he/she feels he/she made in each of his/ her roles in the career?

STEP 3
 Make a presentation on this person –
l Explain how the person answered each of the above questions.
l What are some “Contributor Career Strategies
” that you can learn from this person’s experience?