Kent C. Dodds
Utah
wife, 4 kids, & a dog
PayPal, Inc.
Zero to 60
in software development
How to jumpstart your career
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if you are able ❤️ ♿️
What this talk is
- My personal experiences
- Things I messed up
- Things I got right
- Hopefully inspirational!
What this talk is not
- A bullet-proof method for a "get rich quick scheme"
- How to climb the corporate ladder
- Your mileage may vary...
Let's
Get
STARTED!
Brief History
privilege
Privilege
PRIVILEGE
Learn
Reading
Consume Curated Content
link to these slides: kcd.im/0to60
Learn from others
- Water-cooler chats
- Instant Messaging (Discord/Slack/Gitter/etc.)
- Stack Overflow
- Co-working spaces
- Meetups
- Conferences
Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.
- George Evans
Build
to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.
-Stephen R. Covey
SpendMyCents.com
InfiniteWPM
Filtered List
Why is "x" so...
If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.
-Grace Hopper
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
-Thomas A. Edison
Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
- Coco Chanel
Teach
Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.
-Aristotle
Teaching is nature's way of letting you know how sloppy your understanding is.
-Ashley G. Williams
Intro to AngularJS
How I got into Egghead
While persistence offers no guarantees, it does give 'luck' a chance to operate.
- Tom Shippey
$FREE.99
No cool quotes... Just
- Open Source
- Blog
- Screencast
- Record your talks
- Answer StackOverflow
- Help people on Discord/Slack
- Help in issues on a repo
Don't be afraid to try
You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
- Wayne Gretzky
Smart Hard Worker
Hard Worker Nice
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- John Jesse
Resources
- kcd.im/0to60 - These slides
- kcd.im/pull-request - Egghead.io series
- kcd.im/write-oss - Egghead.io series
- kcd.im/tech-chats - YouTube Playlist of interesting chats
- kcd.im/devtips - Weekdaily screencasts from me
- kcd.im/talks - List of my talks
- egghead.io - Awesome training
- frontendmasters.com - Awesome workshops
- confs.tech - List of tech conferences
- meetup.com - Find a meetup
Thank you!
Zero to 60 in software development
By Kent C. Dodds
Zero to 60 in software development
Our industry has a problem. We have a "talent shortage," so we're loading the industry with new developers from various bootcamps, but companies aren't willing to hire them. So these new developers are left to themselves to try and find ways to develop the skills they need to be "marketable." I graduated from college in April 2014, just shy of two years ago. In that time, I've been able to learn a ton, build a bunch of stuff, teach workshops, create egghead screencasts, speak at conferences, and generally contribute quite a bit to the JavaScript community. In this talk, I'll cover some solid principles of things that I’ve learned in my experience. This will help new-comers to jumpstart their career. And help old-timers know how they can help new-comers.
