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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

NIMBLE APEnimblea.pe

dan@nimblea.pe

@nimbleapeltd

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

TWITTER

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

THANKS!

@dan_jenkins

@nimbleapeltd

dan@nimblea.pe

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