lightning talk - 5 hacks to getting the job of your dreams

5 Hacks to Getting the Job of Your Dreams

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About Presenter2 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

Work: Technology Fellow at Capital One

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· Experience: FDIC, NIH, DocuSign, HackReactor and Storify

· Books: React Quickly, Practical Node.js, Pro Express.js, Express.js API and 8 others

· Teach: NodeProgram.com

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When the job is posted online is already to late.

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Pull vs. push7 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

Hack 1: Publish a Book

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Create an Outline

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Get Feedback10 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

Blog to Book11 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

How long will it take?

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Depends13 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

Book Can be 10-600 pages14 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

Make your first book under 50-70 pages

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Size: 100 pages ~ 10K words

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Any one can write 500-1000 words per day

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Block a Weekend or Holiday

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Use Markdown19 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

Self-Publish· Leanpub· Gitbooks· Pandoc

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It can become a full-time job!· Discover Meteor authors made $250,000

· Nathan Barry made $500,000+

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Traditionally Publishing· Less money

· More help with editing· More recognition/prestige and readership

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Hack 2: Improve Your Web Presence

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Must haves· Blog

· Personal website (GH Pages!)· GitHub

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All must be active with good content/contributions

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Hack 3: Boost Your LinkedIn Profile

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CV is only an HR formality now

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Make your LI profile visible (don't hide)

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Get Endorsements29 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

Get Recommendations30 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

Make sure to fill all the projects info

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Hack 4: Speak at a Conference

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It's a numbers game33 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

Conference talk can become a book or vice

verca34 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

Hack 5: Take a (Online) Course

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Technology is moving fast. If you don't grow,

you regress.36 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

Massive Open Online Courses

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Udacity Nanodegrees38 — © Azat Mardan, 2016

Node.js Udacity Nanodegree by Capital One is coming soon!

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Free book5 Hacks to Getting the Job of Your Dreams to Live

a Happier and Healthier Live:https://gum.co/5hacks/0AA757CE

Slides: http://bit.ly/1LgmHefAzat: @azat_co

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