Github 101 - Adalab - Jorge Ferreiro

Presentation in Google For Startups Madrid for the bootcamp Adalab, which mission is to help women to land into their dream job as frontend engineers.

The presentation is About Github, and covers the following topics:
- Why is Github important?
- Programmers are professional readers
- How to make a top Github profile?
- Pro Tips to Dominate Github and walkthrough
- Q&A
- Action plan

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1. Github 101 Jorge Ferreiro www.ferreiro.me @jgferreiro
2. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB How many of you think Github is important for your tech career?
3. @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Frontend @Eventbrite Alumni @Amazon Blogger, DJ, fan of musicals Jorge Ferreiro
4. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB
5. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Agenda 1. Why is Github important? 2. Programmers are readers 3. How to make a top Github profile? 4. Pro Tips to Dominate Github 5. Q&A 6. Action plan Further reading Important quote
6. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB #adalabgithub
7. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Why is Github important for your tech career? 1.
8. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Online portfolio ๏ Show your work ๏ Resumes are limited ๏ Github is focusing on showing your code
9. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB If you don’t have a CS degree, you usually have to go the extra mile to prove you can do the job, and GitHub is a good place to show that How to Land Your First Dev Job (even if You Don’t have a CS Degree) Online portfolio
10. @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Github is your portfolio to show what you can do.
11. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Learning opportunity ๏ Find projects ๏ Fill bugs ๏ Write docs ๏ Fix issues ๏ New features
12. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB The Social Developer
13. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB 36 million Users 100 million Repositories (2) 1 3)) https://github.com/about 2) https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/08/github-passes-100-million-repositories/ 54% Fortune 50 use it The Social Developer
14. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB The Social Developer ๏ Contribute Open Source ๏ Discover projects ๏ Network with devs
15. @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Treat your Github as if it’s Linkedin, and build your social reputation
16. @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Diversify the people you meet. Some people are friendly and awesome. Others aren’t.
17. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Gets you a Job ๏ Search new talent ๏ Understand your interests ๏ Measure your impact
18. @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Reviewing GitHub profiles is becoming a “standard protocol” Robert Fleischhauer - Senior Technical Recruiter
19. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB
20. @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Github is (at least) equally important as your Resume.
21. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Programmers are “professional readers” 2.
22. @JGFERREIRO The ratio of time spent reading versus writing is well over 10 to 1 Robert C Martin - Clean code @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB
23. @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB We are constantly reading old code as part of the effort to write new code Robert C Martin - Clean Code
24. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Why is reading code hard? ๏ Bad code ๏ Complex code ๏ Lack of context ๏ Missing full picture
25. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Why is reading code hard?
26. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB ๏ Learn from others ๏ Extend code ๏ Solidifies concepts ๏ Helps you debug Why is reading code important?
27. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Tips to read code ๏ Ask lots of questions ๏ Be persistent ๏ Be patient ๏ Be critical
28. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Github with +100 million projects, is a good place to read code
29. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO What makes your Github profile stand out? 3.
30. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB
31. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Professional picture
32. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB
33. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB
34. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Get a professional URL - handle
35. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Avoid numbers Use your name Consistency with other Social Networks Suggestions: alejandra_soto
36. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Too long! Make it shorter @JorgeFerreiro23434340MadridSpain
37. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Avoid numbers… @JorgeFerreiro23434340MadridSpain
38. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Bio and metadata
39. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB
40. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB
41. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB
42. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB
43. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Show me your CODE!
47. @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Push any code you have. Perfection doesn’t exist.
48. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Write good READMEs
49. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB READMEs can be more valuable than a resume, since the developer is describing the problem they’re trying to solve Robert Fleischhauer - Senior Tech Recruiter
50. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB https://github.com/ArianeJDB/pruebaWoom Ari’s job application She now works for this company
51. @JGFERREIRO Your README is your cover letter to the world. Make it shine! @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB
52. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB https://eu.udacity.com/course/writing-readmes--ud777 Recommended course Writing READMEs by Udacity
53. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Good commits titles + Descriptions
54. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Example: Udacity Git Commit Message https://udacity.github.io/git-styleguide/
55. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB React JS commit history https://github.com/facebook/react/commits/master
56. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO High level of activity.
57. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Low activity
58. High activity
60. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Disclaimer…
61. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Don’t stress yourself https://twitter.com/bberrycarmen/status/1151825602279878656
62. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Github activity is not always accurate https://twitter.com/knitcodemonkey/status/1121449881275486209
63. @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Invest time in your Github and create projects in your spare time
64. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Engage Fork, Give stars, Follow
65. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Follow people. Follow projects. Engage
66. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Activity 1: Roast others profile
67. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Activity 1: Roast Github Profiles 1. Groups of two 2. I'll give you one Github profile 3. Take notes on good things and things to improve 4. Open discussion
68. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Activity 2: Improve your Github Profile
69. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Activity 2: Improve your Github 1. Individually 2. Open your Github account 3. Implement all the changes you want 4. Open discussion
70. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Eight Github tips and walkthrough 4.
71. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Code Tree Octotree extension
72. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Blame [B]
73. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Quick fuzzy file search [T]
74. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Advanced Search
75. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Analytics
76. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Trello in Github?
77. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Wiki: Document!
78. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Follow your projects
79. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Explore tab
80. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Mentoring sessions
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81. @JGFERREIRO - jorge@ferreiro.me Q&A!
82. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Recap: What have you learned today?
83. @JGFERREIRO Diane Mueller Redshift @pythondj @JGFERREIRO Who to follow? [1-2] Sara Vieira CodeSandbox @NikkitaFTW Anjana Vakil Mapvox @AnjanaVakil Michelle Tilley Github @binarymuse Ashley williams Rustlang @ashleygwilliams Loiane Groner Citibank @loiane Sandi Metz Consultant @sandimetz Dan Abramov React @gaearon Paco Facebook @pakoito Belén Mozilla @ladybenko
84. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO Addy Osmani Google @addyosmani Rebecca Turner Alumni npm @iarna 唐鳳 PDIS @audreyt Aria Stewart - @aredridel Laura Lacarra Telefónica @LauraLacarra Carlos Toxtli West Virginia @ctoxtli Eileen M. Uchitelle Github @eileencodes Dawn Foster Company @geekygirldawn Who to follow? [2-2] Tania Rascia Dais @taniarascia Rick hanlon II React Native @rickhanlonii
85. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Resources 1. Improve Your JavaScript Knowledge By Reading Source Code 2. 7 Skills of Highly Effective Programmers 3. Optimize your Github by Udacity 4. GitHub & Collaboration 5. What do job-seeking developers need in their GitHub? 6. Writing READMES 7. As a software engineer, how important is it to read other's code? 8. Read Code 9. 8 Productivity Tips for GitHub 10. How to Contribute to Open Source Project 11. GitHub Browser Extensions
86. @JGFERREIRO @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Action item 1. Follow at least 5 people in Github and social networks 2. Do the “Eight Github tips” and use some of the new tips (like search) 3. Re-read this presentation, and open some of the links in the resources
87. @JGFERREIRO #ADALABGITHUB Publish any code you have! Perfection does not exist.
88. Thanks #adalabers! @jgferreiro jorge@ferreiro.me