Careers in Programming

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1. Careers in Programming Dylan Hildenbrand @awebdevguy
2. About Me • 26 years old • Graduated from MHS in 2008 • Computer Science degree from MSU (2012) • 6 years IT experience • 4 years programming
3. What I do
4. Technologies I use • PHP (Yii2, WordPress) • Ruby • HTML • CSS/SCSS • JavaScript/jQuery • Git • Vagrant/VirtualBox • Linux/Windows
5. Questions to ask yourself Do you like solving problems? Do you like to fix things yourself? Do you enjoy working with technology? When you find something that is broken or doesn’t work, do you try and fix it yourself? Do you feel sense of great accomplishment after finishing a challenging project? Do you like to understand how things work? Do you enjoy a challenge?
6. What you can do
8. A few career paths • Web Developer - build websites • Application Programmer - build programs • System Administration (Sys Admin) - manage a network • Development & Operations (DevOps) - a little bit of everything • Penetration Tester - break into computers and get paid (legally) • Android/iOS Developer • .NET Programmer - build and manage enterprise apps • Tech Support - answer questions • Frontend Engineer - build web apps • Web Designer - design intuitive user interfaces
9. Other things you can do as a programmer • Make video games • Work on robots • Hack the mainframe • Work for “the man” • Work for yourself!
10. Resources to get started • https://www.codeschool.com/ • https://www.codecademy.com/ • https://www.khanacademy.org/ • http://stackoverflow.com/ • Google Obviously, take any and every class you can that is offered by MPS
11. Big thanks! Any questions?
12. Everybody loves YouTube videos MSU Autonomous Robot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCPYlYrO90U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAL_gd7s0nc CGP Grey - Automation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU