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Ben Nuttall
October 26, 2021
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From Acorns to Raspberries
A hitchhiker’s guide to a career in software
Ben Nuttall
October 26, 2021
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Transcript
@ben_nuttall From Acorns to Raspberries A hitchhiker’s guide to a
career in software
@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
@ben_nuttall The Programming generational gap
@ben_nuttall Acorn computer
@ben_nuttall BBC Micro
@ben_nuttall Age of Empires
@ben_nuttall The family PC
@ben_nuttall ICT at school
@ben_nuttall Making websites with HTML, CSS and... MS Paint
@ben_nuttall Linux CD in the post
@ben_nuttall MATLAB & Java at Uni
@ben_nuttall Back to websites
@ben_nuttall Community
@ben_nuttall Open Source
@ben_nuttall App Start
@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
@ben_nuttall Raspberry Pi
@ben_nuttall Raspberry Jam
@ben_nuttall Raspberry Pi Community
@ben_nuttall Raspberry Pi Foundation
@ben_nuttall Development & outreach
@ben_nuttall Community manager
@ben_nuttall GPIO Zero
@ben_nuttall piwheels
@ben_nuttall Space technician
@ben_nuttall BBC News Labs
@ben_nuttall Radio 4 Today programme
@ben_nuttall Radio 4 Today programme
@ben_nuttall Image search prototype
@ben_nuttall Finding your niche vs finding your breadth Web /
software development Education / Outreach Programme management / Community management
@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
@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
@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
@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
@ben_nuttall AWS
@ben_nuttall Community • Open source projects • Community events •
Conferences • Barcamps • Online communities • Online learning resources • Social media • Coding challenges
@ben_nuttall From Acorns to Raspberries A hitchhiker’s guide to a
career in software