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How I Got Into Programming

Mike McQuaid
October 23, 2014
Programming
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How I Got Into Programming

A brief overview of how I got involved with programming and ended up working as a software engineer. Presented at GitHub Patchwork Edinburgh in 2014.

Mike McQuaid

October 23, 2014
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Transcript

  1. How I Got Into Programming Mike McQuaid

  2. who are you?

  3. Mike McQuaid @MikeMcQuaid [email protected] Software Engineer at GitHub

  4. computers

  5. None

  6. 10 print “POO” 20 goto 10

  7. POO POO POO POO POO POO POO …

  8. manipulation

  9. None
  10. None
  11. None

  12. “addiction”

  13. None
  14. None

  15. education

  16. UoE 2003-2007 Computer Science & Management Science

  17. None
  18. None

  19. job(s)

  20. Summer 2006

  21. None

  22. 2007-8

  23. 2008-9

  24. 2009-12

  25. 2012-13

  26. 2013-?

  27. None
  28. None