10 Easy Steps to Code & Life

Learning to Code can be tricky, learning to live Life is just as tough. This session was about the lessons I learnt when putting together a GitHub repository to help other Code Newbies understand Open Source, and how those lessons can be applied to life. It's about Code, and Career and not listening to that voice in your head that holds you back from opportunity.

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1. 10 Easy Steps To Code and Life With Michelle Sandford T: @msandfor https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
2. https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
3. #OpenSource Not…. sauce https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
4. W H O A R E … P E O P L E L I K E M E ? https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
5. 3 THINGS TO START https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
6. ASK MORE QUESTIONS How, Why, When, Where, What, Who? https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
7. TAKE THE INITIATIVE #JFDI https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
8. GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE Go forth amongst the developers and Code! https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
9. N I H S Y N D R O M E “ I C A N M A K E M Y O W N W H E E L , T H A N K S ” https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
11. FRICTIONLESS You can lead a Hummingbird to Nectar, but you can’t make it drink… https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
12. It’s Not About the Code Done is Better than Perfect https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
13. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE TOOLS “All great fighting is the same, Eragon, even as all great warriors are the same. Past a certain point, it does not matter whether you wield a sword, a claw, a tooth, or a tail. It’s true, you must be capable with your weapon, but anyone with the time and inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness, and it’s those qualities that the best warriors share, even if, on the surface, they appear entirely different.” https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
14. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE T-SHIRT https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
15. PRACTICE A little bit each day https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
16. EACH-ONE-TEACH-ONE Never too Young, and Never too Old https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
17. growth Mindset https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
18. Let me tell you a story… Of a Developer and some Code https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
19. Coding and Cupcakes Or Coding and Coffee… https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/
20. Open Source – It’s Not Just for #Hacktoberfest https://github.com/msandfor/10-Easy-Steps/