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Demystifying Software Development

Avatar for Michael Obi Michael Obi
June 10, 2017
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Demystifying Software Development

A talk focusing on what people experience when getting started with programming

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Michael Obi

June 10, 2017

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Transcript

  1. Demystifying Software Development

  2. Why you should care? Scarcity of skilled developers Computer science

    Values

  3. What is programming like? Programming is amazing It’s art It’s

    science

  4. 54% Professional software developers that studied computer science

  5. What is programming like? It’s easy It’s difficult

  6. None
  7. None
  8. None

  9. What is programming like? It’s easy It’s difficult

  10. It’s rewarding

  11. How?

  12. How? Understand that it’s a marathon, not a sprint

  13. How? Identify your Goal • Pick a platform • Do

    some light research • Pick your first language • Start learning

  14. How? Find your support system • Friends • Mentor •

    Coffee

  15. How? Fail first, ask questions later.

  16. How? Online courses

  17. How? The big open secret.

  18. How Stand on the shoulders of Giants • Read other

    people’s code • Blogs, Podcasts, etc

  19. And then... Build something… Anything!

  20. Never. Stop. Learning.

  21. But I’m busy now… I’ll wait till I graduate

  22. “Don’t listen to they” - DJ Khaled

  23. Thanks! Contact Moi: Email: [email protected] Blog: blog.michaelobi.xyz Twitter: @twisted_myk