Career Growth: Showcasing Continuous Learning While Working Remotely

Whether working remotely or in the office, continuous learning is fundamental to career growth. When you are working in the office surrounded by your boss and colleagues, it is somewhat easier to showcase your ambitions towards continuous learning. For example, it might only take seconds to show a hobby project you made to tackle a problem you encountered. Sometimes people tend to read a book to improve their knowledge about a certain topic during their lunch break at the office. Even though the primary reason for reading a book is to improve knowledge, the indirect message it gives to other colleagues or the boss about someone’s desire to improve on something is unstoppable. The passion for continuous learning gives them an advantage over others who do not take any action to demonstrate their willingness to grow.

The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.
bRIAN hERBERT, AN American author

When it comes to working remotely, showcasing your learning desires can be hugely challenged by the fact that no one is around to witness or appreciate your efforts. This fact in itself can demotivate someone who wants to learn something new. However, as quoted by the American author Brian Herbert, the willingness to learn is a choice.

The following is a list of things you can do to showcase your learning skills while working remotely:

Learn something new every day

I know this can sound a bit crazy, and usually, people have more on their plates than they can handle. However, learning something new doesn’t have to be huge. You can practise learning something small every day. For example, if you are a PHP developer, you can learn a new thing from the PHP-FIG PSR Standards¹. You must dedicate a time slot to learn something new, which is manageable and practical, regularly.

Be creative and build something

Learning doesn’t have to be reading or taking notes all the time. You can be creative and build something new. For example, if you are a software engineer, you can build an app as you learn a new programming language, or if you are a graphic designer, you can design a flyer as you learn a new design technique.

Maintain a learning journal

Maintaining a learning journal does not have to be a complex process. The idea is that, whatever you learn new and whenever you learn something new, make a note of it in a document somewhere. I would suggest you create a free Google Sheet² or Notion page³ to maintain your learnings. The good thing about this is that, after a while, you will be surprised to see how many things you have learnt over time.

Share your learnings on LinkedIn/ social media

Instead of purely focusing on learning alone, you can also focus on sharing your learning experience with the public. Sharing your learning experience in public can help others; for example, a pitfall you experienced, so others learning the same can avoid it, and also give others the message that you are constantly learning.

Write on Substack/ Medium

You can write on Substack⁴ or Medium⁵ , where you will benefit from like-minded professionals who write and read on those platforms. You can indeed start your blog or website if you like. As I mentioned before, do not forget to share your learnings on social media channels you find relevant to what you do.

Engage with communities

There are plenty of communities where you can engage with, and share your answer, idea, opinion and so on. However, you need to remember that you intend to learn something useful while appreciating others for having different opinions.

Apply what you have learnt

What’s the use of a candle under a bushel? You have done the hard part of learning something new. Now, make sure you apply what you learnt during your day-to-day activities whenever applicable.

Share your learnings with your boss/colleagues

Don’t be shy to share your learnings with your boss/colleagues. For example, I created an AI PDF Chatbot⁶ as I wanted to understand the effort it takes to use OpenAI’s APIs to build a knowledge base where someone can ask questions and get answers based on a set of documents. I then showed this to my boss and colleagues during one meeting, and they were impressed. A few months later, I was told that they were thinking of implementing that, which made me extremely happy.

Certifications and courses

You can enjoy free courses and certifications offered by various organisations such as Coursera⁷, National Careers Service UK⁸, the Open University⁹, Harvard University¹⁰ and many others. When you successfully complete a course and get a certificate, don’t forget to add this to your LinkedIn page and anywhere else you think might be useful.

Host knowledge sharing sessions

This is another great way of learning something new. If you are a team lead, you can easily set aside a time, let’s say half an hour every Friday, where one member of your team takes a turn to share something new they learnt with others. If you are an employee, you can suggest this to your manager or team lead, and I am certain they’ll appreciate it.

Track Progress Publicly

Similar to how you share your learning experience publicly, you can track your progress publicly too. At the end of each week, you can write a post on social media or a blog, mentioning where you are in the journey of your learning journey. It doesn’t have to be just the success stories; any pitfalls you encounter count too. Remember, smooth seas do not make skilful sailors.

In a Nutshell

Continuous learning and sharing your willingness to learn new things with others are some of the main ingredients in the recipe for success in your career growth. It can be challenging to learn something new regularly when working remotely on your own, when no one is around to appreciate your efforts. However, throughout this article, we have explored some strategies you can employ to learn continuously while conveying your learning intentions to others when working remotely. Be like a river and find your path over, under, around, or through; always keep trying and never stop flowing. Keep learning something new!

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