STEAM: Professional presentation for coding

A STEAM (Science Technology Arts Math) presentation for local 4th grade students. A highlight of what programmers/developers do and a kickoff for hour of code.

Transcript

1. ANALYZING THE CRYPTOGRAPHIC INSECURITY OF THE VIGENÈRE CIPHER An exploration in pseudorandomization
2. JUST KIDDING!
3. WHY CATS SHOULDN’T CODE But you totally should
4. NICHOLAS GAROFALO a.k.a. Mr. Garofalo a.k.a. Mr. G a.k.a. Cam’s Dad Senior Marketing Ops Marketing Tech Web Developer Senior Software Engineer Web Architect Batman
5. WHAT DO I DO? ➤ I sit at a desk full of screens ➤ I talk to these screens ➤ Sometimes I yell at the screens ➤ I occasionally fight crime ➤ Maybe save some lives ➤ Celebrate with a dance party ➤ Some people call this programming
6. WHY CATS SHOULDN’T CODE Reason 1: Cats give terrible instructions
7. WHAT IS CODE ➤ Code is a set of instructions for a computer ➤ It follows a format and rules ➤ It can create, destroy and alters things ➤ Draw your favorite video game character to the screen ➤ Make a robot wash your car ➤ Make the office microwave burn your burrito
8. “ Code is poetry. ~ Matt Mullenweg
9. “ The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
10. “ #!/bin/bash rm -rf ~/poems/sad/* echo Sad poems deleted Bash
11. WHY YOU SHOULD CODE Reason 1: You can do amazing creative things and the supplies are free
12. WHY CATS SHOULDN’T CODE Reason 2: Cats are evil
13. Code is everywhere
14. CODE CAN DO GOOD THINGS and also very fun things
15. IF { } ELSE { } Automation
17. CODE CAN DO BAD THINGS Like really really bad things
18. :(){ :|: & };: Fork Bombs
20. WHY YOU SHOULD CODE Reason 2: You can do good things for people and the world
21. WHY CATS SHOULDN’T CODE Reason 3: Cats do not work well with other
22. “ Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t. ~ Bill Nye
23. I work with really cool people
24. I sit in this really cool office
25. I solve totally uncool problems
26. I make machines talk to each other and the rest of the world
27. LAST PIECE OF CODE I WROTE ➤ Checks if user is on our mailing list ➤ If they are, then they can skip on waiting for an invitation
28. WHY YOU SHOULD CODE Reason 3: You will meet interesting people, go to fascinating places, and learn more than you can imagine
29. WHY CATS SHOULDN’T CODE Reason 4: Cats are really slow learners
30. WANT TO DO WHAT I DO? ➤ Finish 4th grade ➤ High School ➤ College (doesn’t hurt) ➤ Or the Air Force ➤ But wait! ➤ You can start right now.
31. WRITING CODE ➤ Write down your problem or goal ➤ Outline your problem ➤ Outline your solution ➤ Write your code ➤ Run your code ➤ It probably won’t work the first time ➤ Fix the issues and try again ➤ Happy dance
32. Go forth and code good things
33. WHY YOU SHOULD CODE Reason 4: You can solve your own problems and other people’s problems (Seriously. I could use some help with Single Sign On.)
34. TAKEAWAY ➤ Be creative ➤ Do good ➤ Work together ➤ Solve problems