How To "Cut Away", Live Your Dream,

and Program RubyMotion Full Time

or:How to Quit Your Job

and Love Every Minute of it!

Presented by Mark Rickert

Mark Rickert

“The Bad Boy of RubyMotion”- Gant Laborde

INSPIRATION:GTFO FTW: Hacking Your Lifestyle for Fun and Profit

https://youtu.be/tIXZrmtNpYw

“If you don’t step out of your comfort zone and face

your fears, the number of situations that make you uncomfortable will keep

growing.”

– Theo Pistorius

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What I Wanted:

• Travel• Skydive• Meet new people• Live more simply• Live greener• Have awesome adventures• Make a good living doing what I love• Skydive

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A Quitter?

How do I quit my job to achieve

the lifestyle I want?

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Make a Plan:

Hope is not a plan

& a goal without a plan

is just a wish.

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A SMART Plan:Specific

Measurable

Achievable

Realistic

Time-specific

I will quit my job and consult full time.

I will do this when I am making $X a

month.

NOT: I will quit and start making

$1MM/yr

NOT: I will quit tomorrow

I will do this within 6 months.

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My Plan:

I want to travel the USA in a converted van full time and skydive.(Specific)

I’m going to do this when I’m billing 10+ hours a week on the side and have my emergency fund at $20,000. I will continue to stay debt-free. (Measurable/Achievable)

I’m going to leave my apartment in 3 months to go out on the road. (Realistic/Time-specific)

May 22, 2014

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My Plan:June 25, 2014

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My Plan:August 15, 2014

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Execution:

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Execution:• Start moonlighting while still working full time

• My own products (2011…)• Consulting (2014….)

• Engage with open source community• Community recognition• Portfolio of reusable code• Goodwill• Likeminded clients find YOU!

• Take the leap

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Become Prolific!• BubbleWrap• ProMotion• ProMotion-map• sugarcube• ib• rmq• cdq• redpotion• …

• motion_print

• reset-sim

• motion-takeoff

• motion-imager

• motion-csv

• motion-duration

• …

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Open Source:author:markrickertis:publicis:pris:mergedcreated:>=2013-07-02

304 merged pull requestsin the last 2 years

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Help yourself & help others

at the same time!

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Pick a technology/stackand run with it

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Be Happy!

GRATUITOUS

SKYDIVING

THINGS@markrickert

“Extreme Hand Holding”

Landing AreaActive Gun Range

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In Summary:

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Lather, Rinse, Repeat:

Have a dream

Make aplan

Executethe plan

BeHappy

Happy?N

o

NO

YES

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FIN