ADDC 2019 - Eli Ganim - How to make your professional dreams come true

Oh man, not another "how to" talk. But wait, this one has real life examples! And charts! Also, it has ZERO inspirational quotes! Come hear the story of how a junior engineer built and sold an app, got sued by Jaguar (the car company) and then landed a job at Facebook. What does that have to do with making your dreams come true? Well, you'll just have to come to the talk and find out.

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3. How to Make Your
   Professional Dream Come True
   
   

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4. You Goal
   

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5. Requirements
   • Realistic
   

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6. Requirements
   • Realistic
   • Qualified
   

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7. Requirements
   • Realistic
   • Qualified
   • WANT IT
   

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8. R
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9. Research & Plan
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10. Research & Plan
    Execute
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11. Research & Plan
    Execute
    Success!
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12. Unless you get so
    Lucky
    That you get what you wanted with no planning or any
    hard work at all
    Research & Plan
    Execute
    Success!
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13. Realistic
    Qualified
    WANT IT
    Research, Plan, Execute
    You Goal
    

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14. Examples!
    

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15. Realistic
    Qualified
    WANT IT
    Airbnb
    Nina
    

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16. Research & Plan
    

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17. Execute
    

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18. Success!
    

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19. Success!
    • 445,000+ Visits to Nina4Airbnb
    • 30,000+ New visitors to her personal blog
    • 14,000+ LinkedIn profile views
    • 2,000+ Emails and messages of support
    • Global media coverage
    • An interview with Airbnb
    • A pipeline of interviews with dozens of other high impact
    companies
    

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20. Realistic
    Qualified
    WANT IT
    Airbnb
    Nina
    Research, Plan, Execute
    

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22. Realistic
    Qualified
    WANT IT
    Me iOS
    

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23. Research & Plan
    • Buy a Mac
    • Learn Objective-C
    

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24. Execute
    

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25. Success!
    

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26. Realistic
    Qualified
    WANT IT
    Me
    Research, Plan, Execute
    iOS
    

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27. Realistic
    Qualified
    WANT IT
    Me App
    

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28. Research & Plan
    

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29. Execute
    

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30. Execute
    Israel Post
    The Post of Israel
    

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31. Execute
    

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32. Execute
    

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33. Success!
    

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34. Execute
    

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35. Success?
    

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36. Success?
    

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37. Realistic
    Qualified
    WANT IT
    Me App
    Research, Plan, Execute
    

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38. Realistic
    Qualified
    WANT IT
    Me Book
    

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39. Research & Plan
    • Money
    • Time
    • Publisher
    • Join an existing book project!
    
    
    

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40. Execute
    

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41. Success!
    

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42. Realistic
    Qualified
    WANT IT
    Me
    Research, Plan, Execute
    Book
    

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43. Realistic
    Qualified
    WANT IT
    Me Live abroad
    

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44. Luck!
    

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45. Live abroad
    iOS
    App
    Book
    Facebook
    Me
    

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46. Realistic
    Qualified
    WANT IT
    Me TED
    

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47. Thank you!
    

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