A Dev Journey In Startup Company

Talk about developer experience in startup company and some general tips

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1. Muhammad Alif Akbar,
   Senior Software Engineer @
   A Hacker
   Dev Journey in
   Startup Company
   

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2. Table of Contents
   Things to consider before you
   choosing this career
   Pros & Cons being dev in Startup Company
   Good Traits You Need to Survive
   Discussing things that can help
   you thriving in your career
   What to do next?
   My two cents about where to
   start
   01
   02
   03
   

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3. My Journey
   SMK Telkom Makassar
   Telkom University
   #1 Job: Xtremax
   #2 Job: Bukalapak
   #3 Job: Grab
   

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4. Dev’s + / -
   01
   Pros & Cons being dev in Startup Company
   

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5. Many startup allow remote
   working, even before covid
   Fun Colleagues
   High Pay Flexible Working
   Young industry bring
   young coworker
   Relatively higher salary
   compared to other profession
   The Pros
   Performance Based
   No need to wait in-line to
   get recognition
   Shiny Gadget
   Very update to latest cool
   tech & gadget
   Social Impact
   Your works can benefit and
   bring happiness to a lot of
   people
   

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6. The Cons
   

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7. Kinda
   No
   Life
   .
   .
   .
   Kinda
   

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8. High Pressure
   

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9. Early Retirement (Probably)
   https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#developer-profile-demographics
   

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10. Traits
    02
    Good Traits You Need to Survive
    

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11. Speak Up!!
    Don’t hold on to your idea, share it!
    Enabler Mindset
    Perform the best
    Eager to Learn
    Look at Data!
    Minimize baseless assumption in work
    Strive to make your team job a little bit easier
    Always update your knowledge
    Go for extra mile, do your best at everything
    

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14. Don’t Forget to
    S E
    E
    L P
    

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15. Next Step
    03
    What to do next?
    

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16. Big Steps
    Learn Basic
    Programming
    Work on
    Complex Project
    Pick a Major
    Tech / Platform
    Deliver and Iterate
    an MVP
    1 2 3 4
    

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17. 2021 2020
    

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18. Complex Project
    1. Work in team
    3. Get a Mentor
    2. Multiple Technology Stack
    Work with team that allow multiple technology being used
    Work in a project that you can’t do by your own.
    Find someone that can guide you. A senior dev.
    4. Follow Best Practices
    Try to follow latest best practices. So you
    can always be up to date
    

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19. Deliver MVP!
    Able to finish technical task is not the only
    requirement to be a great eng.
    You also need to:
    ● Help to identify problems
    ● Understand your user
    ● Give input for business decision
    All can only be learned when you have an
    on going product
    

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20. Get a Job / Intern process
    Find
    Info
    Prepare
    CV
    Prepare
    Portfolio
    Learn
    Code Test
    Prepare for
    Interview
    Assess
    Contract
    grab.careers
    

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21. CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, including
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    Thanks!
    Do you have any questions?
    @muh.alifgiant
    

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