How to become a developer in 2020...with no time and no money

Amina shares her story about what it takes to become a developer after teaching herself how to code, juggling a full-time job and baby. She will offer advice on how you can shape our engineering community by supporting new developers.

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1. How to become a
   developer in 2020...
   with no time and no
   money
   

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2. Hello!
   Amina Adewusi
   Guardian
   You can find me at @a_adewusi
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3. Chrome
   2008
   iPhone
   2007
   Android
   2008
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4. 2014: 20%
   2018: 23%
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   https://www.apple.com/diversity/
   

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5. 2014: 1.1%
   2018: 1.5%
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   https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/diversity.google/en//static/pdf/Google_Workforce_Composition_2014-2018.pdf
   

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6. 2014: 3%
   2018: 3.1%
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   https://diversity.fb.com/read-report/
   

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7. 80% male
   85% white
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   https://www.stemwomen.co.uk/blog/2019/09/women-in-stem-percentages-of-women-in-stem-statistics
   https://www.diversityintech.co.uk/
   

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9. ● What does it take?
   ● Impact on our goal?
   ● What can we do?
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10. Intro
    Let’s start at the beginning
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11. My story
    How I became a developer
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12. New developers
    Engineers seeking their first job
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13. Bootcamp
    ● Curriculum
    ● Peers & Alumni
    ● Teachers
    ● Jobs
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    Keziyah: https://twitter.com/keziyahl?lang=en
    

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14. New
    developers
    Bootcamps are fantastic
    They’re not accessible for all
    Finding an entry level job is challenging
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15. Professional developers
    Developers getting paid to code
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16. Why bother?
    ● Exponential impact
    ● Technical mastery
    ● Technical leadership
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17. ● Pairing & Code reviews
    ● Meetups
    ● Exercism.io
    ● Finding a job
    ● Conferences
    ● Open source projects
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    Getting started
    

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18. Professional
    developers
    Provide technical support
    Help with finding a job
    Non-technical mentoring important too
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19. ● Small and regular
    ● You know enough!
    ● Get started!
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    You got this
    

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20. Engineering leadership
    Engineers who control budgets and hiring
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21. Engineering
    leadership
    Offer entry level roles
    Support engineers to volunteer
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22. Summary
    ● New developers may face challenges
    ● Professional developers play a huge role in
    helping them
    ● Engineering leadership can provide an
    enabling environment
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    Thanks!
    Find me at @a_adewusi
    

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24. Credits
    Special thanks to all the people who made and
    released this awesome presentation template
    for free:
    ● Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
    ● Photographs by Unsplash
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