Code Long and Prosper

Presentation to group of job candidates looking for a first job in a software career.

We’ve all chosen a life of code. It’s not our entire life, but it’s a big part of it. Because of that, we’ve also chosen a lifetime of learning. We need to embrace our life of learning if we are to prosper in it.
Learning is the constant we have and that we want. We have many choices to sort in front of us. Be ready to work and learn for the rest of your life. There is no summit.

Video clips from in this presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSYJhfD3BWk&feature=youtu.be&t=5m15s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OiV_5kEt6A&feature=youtu.be&t=31s
https://youtu.be/jwG_qR6XmDQ?t=1m17s

Transcript

1. Code Long and Prosper @jaketrent
2. a lifetime of
 LEARNING
3. a great place to START
4. the FUTURE
5. I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don’t set goals in our life and learn how to master the techniques of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential. M. Russell Ballard
6. Do you like to learn?
7. OPTIMIZE for learning
8. hunger for KNOWLEDGE
10. The First Job
12. NETWORK professional
13. the advantage of GEOGRAPHY
14. starting SALARY
15. first field EXPOSURE
16. it’s the PEOPLE!
17. The Joy of Starting
18. the burden of the SPOTLIGHT
21. make something BEAUTIFUL
22. don’t become ROUTINE
23. “I reserve the right to wake up smarter every day” Frank Gaudette, Microsoft
24. at the speed of TECH
26. focus on CREATION
27. kids are FUN
29. Passion & Career Capital
31. “I would never advise anyone to ‘follow their passion’ until I understand who they are, what they want, and why they want it. Even then, I’d be cautious. Passion is too important to be without, but too fickle to be guided by. Which is why I’m more inclined to say, ‘Don’t Follow Your Passion, But Always Bring it With You.’” Mike Rowe
32. “[The] world will in large measure pay you what it thinks you are worth” Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley
33. Hard Work to Do
34. “What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.” Samuel Johnson
36. “We’re striving to build within ourselves the discipline to achieve a worthwhile, ambitious long-term goal in small, manageable increments. We are training ourselves to become disciplined, effective learners. We are sculpting our minds and emotions to become used to working hard in our spare time.” Warren Henning in "A Software Engineer’s Adventures In Learning Mathematics"
37. Just Being You
38. “I am more than the notes I hit” Idina Menzel
40. Weighing Your Options
41. “Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to Thee for strength” Prayer beloved of Eleanor Roosevelt Quoted by President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast this year
42. life BALANCE
44. “Live like no one else so later you can live like no one else.” Dave Ramsey
46. there is no SUMMIT