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DEVELOPING YOURSELF FOR INDUSTRYDan Jenkins
@dan_jenkins
Dan Jenkins @dan_jenkins
Node.js & WebRTC Developer Love Lego & Technic
General Geek Founder of Nimble Ape Ltd
❤ open source
github.com/danjenkins
@dan_jenkins
MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN
GRADUATED IN 2010
(I FEEL OLD)
PUBLIC SPEAKER
Node.js Consulting
Microservices Consulting
IoT Consulting
WebRTC Consulting
MY 2ND YEAR…
I DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE WHAT I
WANTED TO DO
WHAT’S WHY I CHOSE MTD
I HOPED, BY THE END OF IT, I WOULD KNOW
THANKFULLY, THAT WAS TRUE
I WAS TRYING TO THINK WHAT I WANTED SOMEONE TO TELL ME
BUT THAT’S DIFFICULT WHEN IT WAS 7 YEARS AGO
INDUSTRY
WE ARE NOT CLONES.
YEAR IN INDUSTRY
I WOULDN’T BE WHERE I AM TODAY WITHOUT MY
YEAR IN INDUSTRY
STARTED AS A JUNIOR WEB DEVELOPER
6 YEARS LATER I LEFT AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER
WHAT I LEARNT WAS INVALUABLE
I LEARNT HOW INDUSTRY REALLY OPERATES
I LEARNT HOW TO LOOK PAST THE CODE AT THE PROBLEM…
AND SOLVE IT
LEARNING INDUSTRY IS MORE THAN THEORY
PROBLEM SOLVING IS KEY.
WHATEVER THE INDUSTRY IS
YOU LEARN HOW TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE
IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO DO A YEAR IN INDUSTRY, DO IT.
WEB DEVELOPMENT
THE INDUSTRY MOVES FAST
FASTER THAN EDUCATION CAN MOVE
7 YEARS AGO WE WERE BUILDING MONOLITHIC APPLICATIONS
WEB SERVICES
MICROSERVICES
CONSTANTLY EVOLVING
THE WEB IS EVERYTHING
IT IMPACTS EVERYTHING.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO REACH 6 BILLION PEOPLE
OPEN SOURCE
POLYGLOT
VISION
THAT’S NOT A DEVELOPER TALK IDEA.
THAT’S A TALK YOU CAN GIVE IN ANY INDUSTRY.
LEARN HOW TO PARSE INFORMATION.
DEVICES
MEDIA COMES IN MANY SHAPES AND SIZES
YOU NEED TO SHOW YOU UNDERSTAND IT
YOU NEED TO SHOW YOU CAN TAME IT
HOW MANY SMART DEVICES DO YOU HAVE ON YOU RIGHT NOW?
HOW MANY SMART DEVICES DO YOU HAVE IN TOTAL?
TV? PS4? XBOX ONE? TABLETS? PHONES? LAPTOPS?
YOU.
YOU ARE YOUR BIGGEST ASSET
BRAND
GITHUB
OPEN SOURCE
SHOW YOU KEEP UP TO DATE
BLOG
HACKATHONS
GIVE US A REASON WE CAN’T SAY NO
BUSINESSES WANT TO SEE PASSION
EVERYTHING ELSE CAN BE LEARNT
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