CTI - This is Programming 2015

Short talk about the fun and impact you can have with technology when you apply some passion

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2. Johann du Toit Founder, Hacker & Team Lead
3. NodeJS Cape Town meetup.com/nodecpt
4. Google Developer Group - Cape Town meetup.com/Google-Developer-Group-Cape-Town-Meetup
5. ¨An engineer is the closest thing to a magician, that exists in the real world¨ Elon Musk
6. ‘If you build it they will come’
9. Digital has no borders
10. Why digital has no borders ? 1. Tech as a skill applies globally 2. Apps from Africa compete on equal foot in the international market
15. The next billion
18. Google invested $1 Billion into SpaceX
19. ‘African solutions to African problems‘
22. As programmers we have a amazing ability
23. to scratch an itch we have, and build something that we want and others probably want to
24. real impact ?
38. 100’s of CV’s daily
39. 20,000 + generated since I started counting ...
40. 100’s of success stories using those cv’s
41. AfricaConnected.com
48. ~300-500 new microchips per day
49. ~150 000 registered microchips
50. Working with Local Government and organizations such as: KUSA & CASA
51. Don’t get me wrong. It’s a TON of hard work
52. But if you’ve got passion you’ll change a few lives
53. ‘If you build it they will come’
54. So join the revolution