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12 advices to 20 y.o. meIhor Pomaranskyy, Python Software developer @ SoftServe
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About me
Graduated in 2003, Lviv Polytechnic State University
Runned own design/printing small business for 2 years
Worked as DJ for 5 years
Worked as DBA/sysadmin/developer in LUKOIL-Inform, Russia, 2005-2014
Softserve: 2014-nowCodeEval (HireVue) 2014-2015
Abiliton Dashboard (internal): 2015-now
Startup (NDA-protected): 2015-now
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Lingualeo.com
Duolingo.com
Code.org
Git
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Achievements
a family (2 kids)
a house
a car
a cat
2 jobs
happiness
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The Cat
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1. Rise the bar
Because the world will never give you more than you are ready to get.
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2. Work for a big IT company *
Great people
Right processes
A lot of possibilities
* At least for some period of time.
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3. Work on yours soft skills
don’t be an asshole
learn how to manage conflicts
teamwork rules!
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4. Avoid “stability”
Or you’ll finish out of the market.
Comfort zone is a trap.
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5. Avoid distractions
Somebody’s wrong on the Internet…
So what?
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6. Be proactive
Take responsibility. Even if you’ll fail — you’ll achieve valuable experience.
If you can improve something — go for it.
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7. Learn a lot
languages (especially English)
instruments (OS, office tools, IDEs)
ideas
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Knowledge is only 50% of the story (max).
Run simple ‘pet projects’.
Try to finish something.
… but don’t stuck if you underestimated the complexity.
8. Practice
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9. Don’t expect quick outcomes
You don’t have to be perfect* ** today. But you have to be better that you were yesterday.
Someday, the puzzles will match.
* Nobody’s perfect** Nothing is perfect
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10. Be an engineer
Be curious
Solve the problems
Hack the system (whatever it is)
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11. Travel
At least until you don’t have a family / kids.
Try to work abroad.
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12. Have fun! :)