Leveling Up As An Android Dev

Chances are you were already a Software Engineer before switching to Android Development. You might also have learnt your first line of Kotlin solely in the bid to become an Android Developer. Regardless of how you started developing for Android, at some point, you’ll need to start thinking about advancing to the next stage in your career.

In this talk, you’ll see the evolution of an Android developer - from Junior, to Intermediate, to Senior and then to Team Lead and beyond. You will learn about what to expect at each stage, what mistakes that are overlooked and permissible and gain more insight into how to level up to the next stage.

Transcript

1. Moyinoluwa Adeyemi @moyheen LEVELING UP AS AN ANDROID DEV
3. NEW DEV no programming experience
4. NEW DEV - no programming experience New language
5. NEW DEV - no programming experience Android Studio
6. NEW DEV - no programming experience Android Basics
7. NEW DEV previous programming experience
8. NEW DEV - previous programming experience Familiar concepts
9. NEW DEV - previous programming experience Android Basics
10. NEW DEV - previous programming experience https://developer.android.com/kotlin
12. INTERMEDIATE DEV
13. INTERMEDIATE DEV Android Fundamentals
14. INTERMEDIATE DEV Navigate through an existing codebase
15. INTERMEDIATE DEV Talk about architecture
16. INTERMEDIATE DEV Community contribution
19. SENIOR DEV
20. SENIOR DEV HIGH QUALITY CODE Maintainable/Reusable code Documentation Tests Familiar with open source solutions
21. Documentation SENIOR DEV HIGH QUALITY CODE Maintainable/Reusable code Tests Familiar with open source solutions
22. Tests Documentation SENIOR DEV HIGH QUALITY CODE Maintainable/Reusable code Familiar with open source solutions
23. Familiar with open source solutions Tests Documentation SENIOR DEV HIGH QUALITY CODE Maintainable/Reusable code
24. SENIOR DEV EXTERNAL SYSTEMS Backend API CI System
25. CI System SENIOR DEV EXTERNAL SYSTEMS Backend API
26. Stakeholders SENIOR DEV COLLABORATION PM/Designer/QA Team members
27. Stakeholders SENIOR DEV COLLABORATION PM/Designer/QA Team members
28. Team members Stakeholders SENIOR DEV COLLABORATION PM/Designer/QA
29. Ownership of career SENIOR DEV PERSONAL LEADERSHIP
31. SENIOR DEV - CHALLENGE Finding a balance
32. SENIOR DEV - SOLUTION Scheduling interruptions
33. SENIOR DEV - BE RESPONSIVE AND PRODUCTIVE Be Responsive
34. LEAD DEV
35. LEAD DEV Focused on the team
36. LEAD DEV Knows the codebase
37. LEAD DEV Makes decisions
38. LEAD DEV Understands the business
39. LEAD DEV Great communicators
41. Meetings 5% Mentoring 20% Coding 75% LEAD DEV - ANNYCE Responsibilities
42. MANAGEMENT?
43. Company Support and Resources MANAGEMENT
45. Recruiting 10% Meetings 20% Mentoring 40% Coding 30% MANAGEMENT - ANNYCE Responsibilities
46. MANAGEMENT - ANNYCE Weekly checklist
47. MANAGEMENT - ANNYCE More direct reports
48. MANAGEMENT - ANNYCE New approach to mentorship
49. OTHER STORIES
50. OTHER STORIES INDEPENDENT DEVELOPER MANAGEMENT BACK TO INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR
52. OTHER STORIES MANAGEMENT BACK TO INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR INDEPENDENT DEVELOPER
54. slide assets - @vpoltrack
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55. thank you Moyinoluwa Adeyemi @moyheen