Purposeful Code

The code you write today wont be around for very long. But the difference you make in someone's life through that code can last a lifetime. 

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1. Purposeful Code Jon McCartie developer/product coordinator, LifeChurch.tv RailsConf 2013 - Portland, OR - May 1st, 2013
2. Hi! I’m Jon McCartie and I’m a Ruby developer at (on the interwebs: @jmccartie)
3. What’s the point?
4. What do I value?
5. Something to belong to We want to be part of something that’s bigger than ourselves
6. According to the recent Millennial Impact Report, 75 percent of young people (aged 25-30) donated to causes last year and 63 percent said they gave their time to volunteer. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/12/charitable-giving-millennial-generation_n_1590389.html
7. What’s my purpose?
8. Open (Free Resources) Church Online Platform Church Metrics YouVersion (The Bible App)
9. What’s your purpose? What motivates you? What brings you fulfillment?
10. So where do I start? What are your values? What matters to you? @my.values.each do |val| val.prioritize! end
11. Find it Find the purpose in the work you do
12. “But my work has no purpose.” > @my_work.has_purpose? => false
13. PurposefulLife.new 1. Find purpose 2. Leave and find purpose 3. Find purpose outside of work
14. Give Back
15. Code With Purpose Purpose.find_of_create_by(values)
16. thanks digerati.lifechurch.tv