Beyond the Job Title

A talk about growing up, figuring out what I want to do in life, and realizing that I don't need to know exactly what my job title is. Do what you love!

Transcript

1. BEYOND THE JOB TITLE by pamela fox Wednesday, October 10, 12
2. LET’S REWIND A BIT... Wednesday, October 10, 12
3. Wednesday, October 10, 12
4. In 3rd grade... Wednesday, October 10, 12
5. In 8th grade... Wednesday, October 10, 12
6. In 10th grade... Wednesday, October 10, 12
7. OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND. Wednesday, October 10, 12
8. WHAT *WAS* ON MY MIND... Arts & Crafts Volunteering Clubs Student Government Wednesday, October 10, 12
9. COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS. Wednesday, October 10, 12
10. MY DAD Wednesday, October 10, 12
11. MY MUM Wednesday, October 10, 12
12. 1984: Pamela Fox Born! “Highlights of the reaction π-p-->π-π+n at 100 and 175 GeV/c “ “Study of the Decay D0-->K-π+π0 in High-Energy Photoproduction” 1986: Heather Fox Born! “Monte Carlo physics on a concurrent processor “ “Study of inclusive K0S, Λ, and Λ¯ production in diffractive γp interactions “ 1982: Oliver Fox Born! “An SU(3)-based comparison between inclusive kaon and pion charge exchange scattering in the triple Regge region “ “Inclusive π0 and η production from kaon, proton and antiproton beams in the triple-Regge region “ A PRODUCTIVE COUPLE... Wednesday, October 10, 12
13. WE WERE SURROUNDED. Wednesday, October 10, 12
14. WINDOWS DOS, FTW Wednesday, October 10, 12
15. THE JOYS OF A T1 Wednesday, October 10, 12
16. AND THUS IT BEGINS... Wednesday, October 10, 12
17. DIGITIZE ALL THE THINGS! Wednesday, October 10, 12
18. IF YOU MAKE IT, SHARE IT. Wednesday, October 10, 12
19. IT’S TIME TO GET SERIOUS. 11TH GRADE. Wednesday, October 10, 12
20. A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS... - Event Planning (+ Computers) - Graphic Design (+ Computers) - Language learning (+ Computers) - Newspaper layout (+ Computers) - Computer Programming - Website Development COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS. Wednesday, October 10, 12
21. WHERE? Wednesday, October 10, 12
22. WHERE? Wednesday, October 10, 12
23. A DIVERSE FOUR YEARS Wednesday, October 10, 12
24. THE WEB WAS ALWAYS WITH ME. Wednesday, October 10, 12
25. IT’S TIME TO GET SERIOUS. SUMMER AFTER SENIOR YEAR. Wednesday, October 10, 12
26. Programming Communication Visual Arts ? Wednesday, October 10, 12
27. THE CRAIGSLIST HUNT BEGINS... - Games Programmer? - UX Engineer? - Web Developer? - Technical Director? Wednesday, October 10, 12
28. “API SUPPORT ENGINEER” + “MAPS API EVANGELIST” = “MAPS API SUPPORT ENGINEER” 2 ROLES ARE BETTER THAN 1! Wednesday, October 10, 12
29. “DEVELOPER OPERATIONS” “DEVELOPER PROGRAMS ENGINEER” “DEVELOPER ADVOCATE” 5 YEARS, SAME ROLE, MANY TITLES Wednesday, October 10, 12
30. IT’S TIME TO GET SERIOUS. I QUIT. Wednesday, October 10, 12
31. OR NOT.... Wednesday, October 10, 12
32. A YEAR OF HERMIT HACKING (“SELF-EXPLORATION”) Wednesday, October 10, 12
33. IT’S TIME TO GET SERIOUS. I’M LONELY. Wednesday, October 10, 12
34. Creating Teaching Learning ? Wednesday, October 10, 12
35. THE HUNT BEGINS AGAIN! - Developer Advocate? - Exercise Designer? - Instructional Ops? - Training Consultant? - Engineer?? - Adobe? - Mozilla? - Khan Academy? - Codecademy? Wednesday, October 10, 12
36. “FRONTEND ENGINEER” “WEB APPLICATION ENGINEER” “ASCII ARCHITECT”® Wednesday, October 10, 12
37. MOMMY, WOW, I’M AN ENGINEER NOW. Wednesday, October 10, 12
38. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL... Wednesday, October 10, 12
39. WHAT’S IN A JOB TITLE? Wednesday, October 10, 12