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CTI - This is Programming 2015

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January 22, 2015
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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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January 22, 2015
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Transcript

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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’

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  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
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  15. The next billion

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  18. Google invested $1 Billion into SpaceX

  19. ‘African solutions to African problems‘

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  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 ?

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  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

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  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

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