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Growing as a software developer through communities

Presented as the keynote during the inaugural Ingressive CRUTECH meetup.

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November 03, 2017
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Transcript

  1. Growing as a Software Developer Through Communities Idorenyin Obong

  2. Who Am I ? • Google Certified Android Developer •

    Remote Software Developer @ Hotels.ng • Technical Writer @ Devcenter.co • Ingressive Campus Ambassador • Developer Evangelist

  3. A software developer

  4. Some Developer’s stereotype

  5. None

  6. I’m self made and self taught, so i need no

    other person !!!

  7. I don’t want my idea to be stolen

  8. “My grandfather died with his idea” Hanson Johnson (Google Country

    Mentor)

  9. What is a tech community ?

  10. What is a tech community ? • Developers

  11. What is a tech community ? • Developers • Community

    Managers

  12. What is a tech community ? • Developers • Community

    Managers • Technical writers

  13. What is a tech community ? • Developers • Community

    Managers • Technical writers • The snacks enthusiasts

  14. WHY COMMUNITIES?

  15. 1. MENTORSHIP

  16. “Don’t look for mentors, attract mentors” Hanson Johnson (Google Country

    Mentor)

  17. 2. YOU LEARN FASTER

  18. 3. CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING

  19. None

  20. THROUGH SHARING, YOU MAKE A NAME FOR YOURSELF

  21. YOU BECOME AN EXPERT

  22. None

  23. 4. HEALTHY COMPETITION

  24. None

  25. 5. AFRICA NEEDS OUR SOLUTIONS

  26. “The future will be built in Africa” Mark Zuckerberg CEO

    Facebook

  27. TOP TECH COMMUNITIES IN NIGERIA

  28. • For Loop Africa

  29. None

  30. • For Loop • Google Developer Groups (GDG)

  31. None
  32. None
  33. None

  34. • For Loop • Google Developer Groups (GDG) • Laravel

    Nigeria
  35. None

  36. • For Loop • Google Developer Groups (GDG) • Laravel

    Nigeria • Frontstackio
  37. None

  38. Lets see some more community pictures

  39. None
  40. None

  41. THE COMMUNITY WE ARE INAUGURATING TODAY IS NOT ANY DIFFERENT

  42. BE A CATALYST IN YOUR COMMUNITY FINAL CHARGE!