From Acorns to Raspberries

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1. @ben_nuttall From Acorns to Raspberries A hitchhiker’s guide to a

   career in software

2. @ben_nuttall Ben Nuttall • Senior Software Engineer, BBC News Labs

   • Former Community Manager at Raspberry Pi • From Sheffield • Based in Cambridgeshire • bennuttall.com • twitter.com/ben_nuttall • github.com/bennuttall

3. @ben_nuttall The Programming generational gap

4. @ben_nuttall Acorn computer

5. @ben_nuttall BBC Micro

6. @ben_nuttall Age of Empires

7. @ben_nuttall The family PC

8. @ben_nuttall ICT at school

9. @ben_nuttall Making websites with HTML, CSS and... MS Paint

10. @ben_nuttall Linux CD in the post

11. @ben_nuttall MATLAB & Java at Uni

12. @ben_nuttall Back to websites

13. @ben_nuttall Community

14. @ben_nuttall Open Source

15. @ben_nuttall App Start

16. @ben_nuttall 10 years later: #1 on Hacker News https://bennuttall.com/the-surreal-experience-of-my-first-developer-job/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28058816

17. @ben_nuttall Raspberry Pi

18. @ben_nuttall Raspberry Jam

19. @ben_nuttall Raspberry Pi Community

20. @ben_nuttall Raspberry Pi Foundation

21. @ben_nuttall Development & outreach

22. @ben_nuttall Community manager

23. @ben_nuttall GPIO Zero

24. @ben_nuttall piwheels

25. @ben_nuttall Space technician

26. @ben_nuttall BBC News Labs

27. @ben_nuttall Radio 4 Today programme

28. @ben_nuttall Radio 4 Today programme

29. @ben_nuttall Image search prototype

30. @ben_nuttall Finding your niche vs finding your breadth Web /

    software development Education / Outreach Programme management / Community management

31. @ben_nuttall Tools • Languages & language-specific tools & frameworks •

    Personal & collaborative developer tools – Version control, IDEs, testing, CLI tools • Distribution – PyPI, npm, apt, rpm, snap • Documentation – Markdown, ReST, sphinx, readthedocs, graphviz • DevOps / APIs / Cloud services – Linux, AWS, GCP, SaaS • Databases

32. @ben_nuttall Soft skills • Communication • Documentation • Collaboration •

    Ideation • Scoping • Estimation • Prioritisation • Marketing • Writing tutorials • Writing articles • Producing / presenting video tutorials • Explaining concepts • Training & mentoring • Presenting • Feedback

33. @ben_nuttall Career paths • Senior/Principal engineer • Disciplines e.g. Front-end,

    back-end, ML/AI, data science • Production vs prototype • Testing & QA • Team lead • Technical Architect • DevOps / Cloud • Developer advocate / Developer relations • Project manager / Product owner • People manager • Training • Consulting

34. @ben_nuttall 10 years in webdev 2010 • HTML • CSS

    • JavaScript/jQuery • Back-end language / framework • SQL database 2020 • 2010 • HTML, Web components, VDOM • CSS, Sass, Tailwind • NodeJS, Webpack, Express, npm • React, Redux, Bootstrap • SQL or NoSQL database • AWS

35. @ben_nuttall AWS

36. @ben_nuttall Community • Open source projects • Community events •

    Conferences • Barcamps • Online communities • Online learning resources • Social media • Coding challenges

37. @ben_nuttall From Acorns to Raspberries A hitchhiker’s guide to a

    career in software