Software engineer marketing done right – career tips from my experience.

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1. Software engineer marketing done right Career tips from my experience
2. Hello! I am Ivan Jovanovic Senior Software Engineer at NearForm You can find me at @ivanjov96 & https://ivanjov.com
3. How many times did you struggle to find a job? I did a hundred times
4. 23 million developers
5. 1+ million open job ads
6. But why people still struggle to find a job?
7. Why do companies need you?
8. Money
9. Recruitment
10. Recruitment process Initial interview Live interview Homework Live coding Offer CV check
11. “ Recruiting is hard. It's just finding the needles in the haystack. You can't know enough in a one-hour interview. - Steve Jobs -
12. Where do you fail? ! Before the interviews, on CV check ! At the interview ! On homework ! On live coding
13. Why do you fail? ! You don't have enough experience ! Your skills don't match the job description ! You request big salary ! Company can't fulfill your requests
14. What can you do to change that?
15. Education
16. Learning resources Books Online courses Conferences Blogs University Bootcamps
17. Go out, show your skills!
18. Our dream Initial interview Live interview Homework Live coding Offer CV check
19. Be top 1% software engineer in the world
22. Write blog
23. How to start? ! Pick topics ! Buy domain and hosting ! Install WordPress or Ghost ! Make theme (or buy one) ! Just write!
30. Talk on meetups/ conferences
31. How to start? ! Pick topics, experiment, do some crazy things ! Find local meetups and contact organizers ! Learn how to write good proposal for CFP ! Don't be shy!!! ! Practice a lot!
32. VoxxedDays Belgrade VoxxedDays Thessaloniki RollingScopes Minsk JSDay Verona DevTalks Cluj O'Reilly Fluent Conf OdessaJS AmsterdamJS Web Rebels Oslo Full Stack London JS Talks Sofia
33. Contribute to Open-Source
34. How to start? ! Open-source a solution to a problem that you solved ! Find a community ! Check open issues on Github ! Fix a bug, update documentation, add tests
39. Make side project
40. How to start? ! Solve your own problems ! Start small, build something that does one thing successfully ! Share on Twitter, HackerNews, Reddit etc. ! Work on SEO ! Open-source it
44. LinkedIn
45. How to start? ! Put outstanding title ! Have a lot of keywords in your description ! Fill out everything, experience, education, skills, projects ! Ask for referrals
46. Record tutorials
47. How to start? ! Pick a topic, something that you already know or something you're learning now ! Find a quiet room, get a microphone and headset and record tutorial ! Make a YouTube account and share it with the world
48. Organise event
49. How to start? ! Select topic, programming language or a general tech event ! Find big organizations that can support you (VoxxedDays, JSConf, Devoxx etc.) ! Start small, experiment ! Make connections, find speakers and sponsors
50. Conclusion ! No one will hire you if they don't know enough about you ! Skills are not enough, you need to show them to the world ! Learn how to market yourself and do it every day
51. Learn every day But don't forget to share your knowledge and show what you learned
52. Thanks! Any questions? You can find me at @ivanjov96 & https://ivanjov.com