Joining tech

This is a personal talk, where I describe my journey in tech and why I am grateful of choosing to be here. Through it, different elements of the path are identified that together build a complete profile of working in tech. Alternative paths are mentioned of amazing Berlin Pyladies getting into tech through much more unconventional ways.

Transcript

1. Joining tech Meili Triantafyllidi @meilitr
2. Bio Greece Germany Spain
3. Tech bio 5y Computer Science 3y Master in Information technology 3y DataBase (DB) research lab 10y Web applications with Python 6y Pyladies Berlin
4. How I chose tech
5. Until 17 never used a computer
6. … boyfriend
7. ?….Linux ….Kernel...? Freebsd… ? ...deamons…? ?...servers… Information… computers..
10. #include <stdio.h> int main() { printf("Hello, World!"); return 0; }
11. journey
13. Rule: Do NOT let anyone do it for you
15. Curriculum Support network
19. pair programming blogs conferences tutorials
22. grateful
23. understand
25. impact
27. quality of life
28. ➢ Travel ➢ Eat in a restaurant ➢ Afford working part time ➢ Flexible hours ➢ Flexible place ➢ A lot of demand
29. many more journeys
30. PyLadies Berlin - 5 years picnic PyLadies NY & Pyladies Berlin PyLadies CZ & PyLadies Berlin Conferences PyLadies Ghana & Pyladies Berlin Meetups
33. Resources Practice foundation • Hackerrank • Project Euler • Exercism.io Integration • Open source • Personal projects (djangogirls tutorial) • Web/data science Programs (paid internship) • Outreachy Blogs / Conferences / Community • slackin.pyladies.com • Python Weekly • Dev.to • Pycon US/Europython • Djangocon
34. Questions? @meilitr