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Building a Career in Tech (Coding Optional)

Building a Career in Tech (Coding Optional)

A summary of the different kinds of tech companies there are, what it's like to work in each, and then a summary of the soft skills needed to thrive and build a career in tech gathered over the last 22 years.

Kevin Lawver

March 29, 2017
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  1. Building a Career in Tech
    (Coding Optional)
    Kevin Lawver - [email protected]

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  2. Hi, I’m Kevin

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  3. AOL
    1995 - 2008

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  4. Music
    Intelligence
    Solutions
    2008 - 2012

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  5. Rails Machine
    2012 - 2014

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  6. Planted
    2014 - ?

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  7. Let’s not talk about technology.

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  8. Let’s talk about companies

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  9. Big Technology Companies

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  10. Big Companies with Technology

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  11. Lifestyle Companies

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  12. STARTUPS!!

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  13. Building a Career

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  14. Awesomeness
    vs.
    Competence

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  16. “I don’t know,
    but I’ll find out.”

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  17. Be the problem solver.

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  18. Jump in the deep end.

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  19. Share everything

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  20. Teamwork

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  21. “Creativity and ego cannot
    go together. If you free
    yourself from the
    comparing and jealous
    mind, your creativity opens
    up endlessly.”
    Jeong Kwan (Chef's Life season 3,
    episode 1)

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  22. Every role has value

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  23. Be Optimistic

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  24. Stop! Collaborate & Listen!

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  25. Communication

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  26. Lexicon

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  27. All the jobs!

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  28. Keep Swimming

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  29. Pay it Forward

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  31. Goals,
    have some!

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  32. Balance

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  33. AND
    REMEMBER

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  34. HAVE
    FUN!!!

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  35. Questions?
    Requests?
    Rant?

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  36. Thank you!
    • @kplawver
    [email protected]
    • lawver.net
    • kevinlawver.com

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  37. Credits
    • All photos taken by be and licensed under Creative Commons
    • And most of them from work or volunteer things!
    • Be the awesome you want to see in the world “borrowed” from http://
    rockpapercynic.com

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