Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
From Acorns to Raspberries
Search
Ben Nuttall
October 26, 2021
Technology
0
45
From Acorns to Raspberries
A hitchhiker’s guide to a career in software
Ben Nuttall
October 26, 2021
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Ben Nuttall
See All by Ben Nuttall
Numeronyms are obnoxious
bennuttall
0
81
Live Highlights in BBC iPlayer
bennuttall
0
24
Rapid prototyping in BBC News with Python and AWS
bennuttall
0
98
Rapid prototyping in BBC News with Python and AWS
bennuttall
0
55
Running a Python Package Index for Raspberry Pi
bennuttall
0
66
Innovation in the newsroom
bennuttall
0
57
Innovation in the newsroom - MOS Running Order Manager
bennuttall
0
110
How to market your open source project
bennuttall
0
170
Manage your own Pi Cloud with hostedpi
bennuttall
0
72
Other Decks in Technology
See All in Technology
Classmethod Odyssey 登壇資料
yamahiro
0
390
ここがすごいよ! AWS Systems Manager!
saichan11
0
1.8k
Matterport を使ってクラスメソッド各拠点のバーチャルオフィスツアーを作成してみた
wakatsuki
0
160
DDDにおける認可の扱いとKotlinにおける実装パターン / authorization-for-ddd-and-kotlin-implement-pattern
urmot
4
390
What if...? 처음부터 다시 LLM 어플리케이션을 개발한다면
huffon
0
1k
LLMアプリケーションの評価の実践と課題 ~PharmaXにおける今後の展望~
pharma_x_tech
2
160
ACRiルーム最新情報とAMD GPUサーバーのご紹介
anjn
0
150
Azure AI ことはじめ
tsubakimoto_s
0
130
シフトレフトで挑む セキュリティの生産性向上
sekido
PRO
0
270
MySQLのロックの種類とその競合
yoku0825
6
1.6k
データベース研修 分析向けSQL入門【MIXI 24新卒技術研修】
mixi_engineers
PRO
0
110
ギークの理想が7つ集まるエムスリーで夢を叶えよう - エムスリー株式会社
m3_engineering
1
260
Featured
See All Featured
YesSQL, Process and Tooling at Scale
rocio
166
14k
The Brand Is Dead. Long Live the Brand.
mthomps
52
36k
Done Done
chrislema
179
15k
A Modern Web Designer's Workflow
chriscoyier
689
190k
Documentation Writing (for coders)
carmenintech
63
4.2k
We Have a Design System, Now What?
morganepeng
46
7k
Producing Creativity
orderedlist
PRO
340
39k
Code Review Best Practice
trishagee
58
16k
Learning to Love Humans: Emotional Interface Design
aarron
269
39k
Creatively Recalculating Your Daily Design Routine
revolveconf
214
11k
The Cost Of JavaScript in 2023
addyosmani
31
4.7k
WebSockets: Embracing the real-time Web
robhawkes
59
7.2k
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