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.

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1. Building a Career in Tech (Coding Optional) Kevin Lawver - kevin@lawver.net
2. Hi, I’m Kevin
3. AOL 1995 - 2008
4. Music Intelligence Solutions 2008 - 2012
5. Rails Machine 2012 - 2014
6. Planted 2014 - ?
7. Let’s not talk about technology.
8. Let’s talk about companies
9. Big Technology Companies
10. Big Companies with Technology
11. Lifestyle Companies
12. STARTUPS!!
13. Building a Career
14. Awesomeness vs. Competence
16. “I don’t know, but I’ll find out.”
17. Be the problem solver.
18. Jump in the deep end.
19. Share everything
20. Teamwork
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)
22. Every role has value
23. Be Optimistic
24. Stop! Collaborate & Listen!
25. Communication
26. Lexicon
27. All the jobs!
28. Keep Swimming
29. Pay it Forward
31. Goals, have some!
32. Balance
33. AND REMEMBER …
34. HAVE FUN!!!
35. Questions? Requests? Rant?
36. Thank you! • @kplawver • kevin@lawver.net • lawver.net • kevinlawver.com
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