Keepers of the Craft

A Web Fellowship talk about finding a place in the industry.

Transcript

1. A Web Fellowship talk about finding a place in the industry
2. [WATCH “THE GAP” BY IRA GLASS] HTTP://VIMEO.COM/85040589
3. APPRENTICE Middle English: from Old French aprentis (from apprendre 'learn', from Latin apprehendere ‘apprehend’)…
4. YOUR ADVENTURE BEGINS
5. BUILD A BODY OF WORK YOU CAN BE PROUD OF STUDENT WORK FELLOWSHIP/INTERNSHIP WORK INDUSTRY WORK
6. GET READY TO HEAR “NO”, A LOT GROW A THICK SKIN IT’S OK, EVERYONE STILL DOESN’T GET IT.
7. NEVER STOP LEARNING SELF PACED mijingo.com MIJINGO teamtreehouse.com TREE HOUSE IMMERSIVE theironyard.com THE IRON YARD makersquare.com MAKERSSQUARE generalassemb.ly GENERAL ASSEMBLY codeschool.com CODE SCHOOL COURSE BASED womenwhocode.com WOMEN WHO CODE skillshare.com SKILLSHARE hackreactor.com HACK REACTOR
8. ROCK THE AUSTIN MEETUPS REFRESH AUSTIN AUSTIN ON RAILS CRAFT AUSTIN AUSTIN JAVASCRIPT WOMEN WHO CODE WORDPRESS AUSTIN GIRL DEVELOP IT CREATIVE MORNINGS AUSTIN AUSTIN PHP MEETUP AUSTIN LEAN STARTUP CIRCLE AUSTIN API CO-FOUNDERS AUSTIN BY THE TECH^MAP AUSTIN WEB DESIGN MEETUP
9. JOURNEY[WO]MAN Late Middle English: from journey (in the obsolete sense 'day's work') + [wo]man; so named because the journeyman was no longer bound by indentures but was paid by the day.
10. SPREAD YOUR WINGS
11. ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL THE INTERNET OF THINGS WAIT. AREN’T WE ALL JUST WEBMASTERS?
12. FINDING THE RIGHT FIT FOR YOU DESIGNER? DEVELOPER? PROJECT MANAGER? USER EXPERIENCE? COPY WRITER? SOCIAL MEDIA? FRONTEND? MOBILE? BACKEND? ART DIRECTOR? INFORMATION ARCHITECT? CONTENT-STRATEGIST?
13. Social Media or Online Community Manager 
 Junior Designer (print and/or web/interactive) Designer (print and/or web/interactive) http://designsalaries.aiga.org/ SURVEY OF DESIGN SALARIES 2014 Project Manager (print and/or web/interactive) 
 Art Director 
 User Experience Designer Agency Creative or Design Director 
 Chief Design Officer 
 Owner, Partner, or Principal 
 
 $40,000 $40,000 $46,000 $55,000 $67,500 $80,000 $100,000 
 $104,500 $120,000
14. CULTURE CULTURE CULTURE FREELANCE SMALL TEAM CORPORATE
15. WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO YOU? FREELANCE SMALL TEAM CORPORATE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE WORK REMOTE 10,000 BOSSES ADVANCEMENT JOB SECURITY EDUCATION TEAM SIZE BENEFITS CULTURE GROWTH FIELD PAY
16. COMPANIES OUT OUR EARS http://www.thetechmap.com/Company/List ADLUCENT AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AUSTIN VENTURES BAZAARVOICE, INC. BUILDASIGN.COM CAMPUS2CAREERS GPO HANDSOME HOMEAWAY, INC HOOVER'S INC. INFOCHIMPS MAPMYFITNESS, INC. MARKETING CLIQUE MASS RELEVANCE (NOW SPREDFAST) NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS OTHERINBOX RETAILMENOT INC. SHIPSTATION SPANNING TABBEDOUT USHIP WP ENGINE
17. MASTER CRAFTSMAN A master craftsman or master tradesman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster, German: Meister) was a member of a guild. 
 In the European guild system, only masters and journeymen were allowed to be members of the guild.
18. TAKE A RISK
19. TRY GROWING FROM WITHIN CLIMB THE LADDER TRY SOMETHING NEW. DESIGNER? DEVELOPER? PROJECT MANAGER? TEAM LEADER? ART DIRECTOR? VP OF AWESOMENESS
20. STEP OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE BORING 9-5? JOIN A STARTUP. FOLLOW YOUR PASSION IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU. GOT AN AWESOME IDEA START PITCHING. GO AFTER FUNDING.
21. GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BECOME A MENTOR SUPPORT OPEN SOURCE TEACH A CLASS
22. TAKE A RISK SPREAD YOUR WINGS YOUR ADVENTURE BEGINS BE BOLD. DO GREAT WORK. @ADAMCCOMBS