Got 15 Minutes? Then Give Something Back!

Many of us have great intentions for giving back to the developer community, yet not all of us act on these charitable aspirations. Using some real-life examples, we will look at several ways you can contribute and make a difference to our community without needing to have hours of surplus time to spare.

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1. Got 15 Minutes? Then Give Something Back!
2. Liam Wiltshire Director of Web Development
3. (not the Vodka people)
4. • Working with PHP for 10 years • Still involved in a hands-on role • Awesome Facilitator, great leader
5. That’s not how it works
6. ?
7. Too Busy?
8. “I'm not good enough”
9. You’re Lying To Yourself
10. Giving Back !== Contributing Code
11. So, what can you do in 15 minutes?
12. Answer Questions
15. Testing
17. “It's a good feeling to have been able to help a fellow dev…”
18. Helping fellow developers
19. Documentation
21. Bug Fixing
25. • If everyone in this room contributed just 15 minutes a week • In 1 year, we’d have given 9,100 hours back to our community • 379 days - imagine what we could achieve with that
26. Thank You https://joind.in/talk/4dced Liam Wiltshire @l_wiltshire liam.wiltshire@absolute-design.co.uk