Developing Yourself for Industry - University of Kent EDA MTD DA

Developing Yourself for Industry - University of Kent EDA MTD DA from Dan Jenkin

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Developing Yourself for Industry - University of Kent EDA MTD DA

1. 1. DEVELOPING YOURSELF FOR INDUSTRY Dan Jenkins @dan_jenkins
2. 2. Dan Jenkins @dan_jenkins
3. 3. Node.js & WebRTC Developer Love Lego & Technic General Geek Founder of Nimble Ape Ltd ❤ open source
4. 4. github.com/danjenkins
5. 5. @dan_jenkins
6. 6. MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN
7. 7. GRADUATED IN 2010 (I FEEL OLD)
8. 8. PUBLIC SPEAKER
9. 9. NIMBLE APE nimblea.pe dan@nimblea.pe @nimbleapeltd
10. 10. Node.js Consulting
11. 11. Microservices Consulting
12. 12. IoT Consulting
13. 13. WebRTC Consulting
14. 14. MY 2ND YEAR…
15. 15. I DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE WHAT I WANTED TO DO
16. 16. WHAT’S WHY I CHOSE MTD
17. 17. I HOPED, BY THE END OF IT, I WOULD KNOW
18. 18. THANKFULLY, THAT WAS TRUE
19. 19. I WAS TRYING TO THINK WHAT I WANTED SOMEONE TO TELL ME
20. 20. BUT THAT’S DIFFICULT WHEN IT WAS 7 YEARS AGO
21. 21. INDUSTRY
22. 22. WE ARE NOT CLONES.
23. 23. YEAR IN INDUSTRY
24. 24. I WOULDN’T BE WHERE I AM TODAY WITHOUT MY YEAR IN INDUSTRY
25. 25. STARTED AS A JUNIOR WEB DEVELOPER
26. 26. 6 YEARS LATER I LEFT AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER
27. 27. WHAT I LEARNT WAS INVALUABLE
28. 28. I LEARNT HOW INDUSTRY REALLY OPERATES
29. 29. I LEARNT HOW TO LOOK PAST THE CODE AT THE PROBLEM… AND SOLVE IT
30. 30. LEARNING INDUSTRY IS MORE THAN THEORY
31. 31. PROBLEM SOLVING IS KEY.
32. 32. WHATEVER THE INDUSTRY IS
33. 33. YOU LEARN HOW TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE
34. 34. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO DO A YEAR IN INDUSTRY, DO IT.
35. 35. WEB DEVELOPMENT
36. 36. THE INDUSTRY MOVES FAST
37. 37. FASTER THAN EDUCATION CAN MOVE
38. 38. 7 YEARS AGO WE WERE BUILDING MONOLITHIC APPLICATIONS
39. 39. WEB SERVICES
40. 40. MICROSERVICES
41. 41. CONSTANTLY EVOLVING
42. 42. THE WEB IS EVERYTHING
43. 43. IT IMPACTS EVERYTHING.
44. 44. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO REACH 6 BILLION PEOPLE
45. 45. OPEN SOURCE
46. 46. POLYGLOT
47. 47. VISION
48. 48. THAT’S NOT A DEVELOPER TALK IDEA.
49. 49. THAT’S A TALK YOU CAN GIVE IN ANY INDUSTRY.
50. 50. LEARN HOW TO PARSE INFORMATION.
51. 51. DEVICES
52. 52. MEDIA COMES IN MANY SHAPES AND SIZES
53. 53. YOU NEED TO SHOW YOU UNDERSTAND IT
54. 54. YOU NEED TO SHOW YOU CAN TAME IT
55. 55. HOW MANY SMART DEVICES DO YOU HAVE ON YOU RIGHT NOW?
56. 56. HOW MANY SMART DEVICES DO YOU HAVE IN TOTAL?
57. 57. TV? PS4? XBOX ONE? TABLETS? PHONES? LAPTOPS?
58. 58. YOU.
59. 59. YOU ARE YOUR BIGGEST ASSET
60. 60. BRAND
61. 61. TWITTER
62. 62. GITHUB
63. 63. OPEN SOURCE
64. 64. SHOW YOU KEEP UP TO DATE
65. 65. BLOG
66. 66. HACKATHONS
67. 67. GIVE US A REASON WE CAN’T SAY NO
68. 68. BUSINESSES WANT TO SEE PASSION
69. 69. EVERYTHING ELSE CAN BE LEARNT
70. 70. THANKS! @dan_jenkins @nimbleapeltd dan@nimblea.pe
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