Pamela Fox: Learner, Creator, Teacher

A talk given to Melbourne Grammar School girls in April 2017, about my life- how I got into tech, my many jobs in it, and what I do now.

Transcript

1. THE STORY OF PAMELA FOX:
   LEARNER, TEACHER, CREATOR
   

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2. WHERE IT ALL BEGAN....
   

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3. MY DAD
   

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4. MY MUM
   

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5. MY GEEKY CHILDHOOD
   NOT THE USUAL PAINTINGS...
   

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6. COMPUTERS EVERYWHERE
   

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7. FASTEST INTERNET AROUND!
   

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8. WINDOWS DOS, YAY
   

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9. MY FIRST “CODE”
   

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10. HOW I SPENT MY NEW YEARS VACATION
    

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11. DIGITIZE ALL THE THINGS!
    

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12. THE POWER OF THE WEB
    

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13. Pamela Fox
    THE JAVA YEARS....
    

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14. MY DAD GOT TOO EXCITED…
    

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15. BUT I “REBELLED”...
    Arts & Crafts
    Volunteering
    Clubs
    Student Government
    

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16. COLLEGE PICKING TIME!
    11TH GRADE.
    

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17. A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS...
    - Event Planning (with Computers)
    - Graphic Design (with Computers)
    - Newspaper layout (with Computers)
    - Computer Programming
    - Website Development
    COMPUTERS,
    COMPUTERS,
    COMPUTERS.
    

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18. WHERE?
    

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19. WHERE?
    

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20. A DIVERSE FOUR YEARS
    

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21. COMPUTER SCIENCE + LINGUISTICS
    

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22. COMPUTER SCIENCE + ANIMATION
    

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23. COMPUTER SCIENCE + GAMES
    

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24. SIDE PROJECTS!
    

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25. IT’S JOB FINDING TIME!
    SUMMER AFTER
    SENIOR YEAR.
    

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26. Programming
    Communication
    Visual Arts
    ?
    

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27. WHAT JOB TITLE FITS?
    - Games Programmer?
    - UX Engineer?
    - Web Developer?
    - Technical Director?
    

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28. “DEVELOPER ADVOCATE”
    

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29. HELPING PEOPLE MAKE MAPS
    

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30. 20% TIME
    MY SIDE PROJECT
    

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31. TALKS AROUND THE WORLD
    Japan
    Australia
    Singapore
    France
    Brazil Philippines
    

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32. MY YEAR OF
    “HERMIT HACKING”
    

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33. SO MANY APPS TO MAKE!
    

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34. I STARTED OFF AT HOME
    

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35. THEN I TRIED OUT CAFES
    

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36. I DECIDED TO JOIN
    A “CO-WORKING SPACE”
    

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37. BUT I FELT LONELY.
    

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38. I MISSED WORKING
    AT A COMPANY.
    

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39. THE HUNT BEGINS AGAIN!
    

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40. Creating
    Teaching
    Learning
    ?
    WHAT DO I WANT TO DO?
    

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41. MORE SPECIFICALLY....
    - Developer Advocate?
    - Exercise Designer?
    - Instructional Ops?
    - Training Consultant?
    - Engineer??
    - Adobe?
    - Mozilla?
    - Khan Academy?
    - Codecademy?
    

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42. “FRONTEND ENGINEER”
    I CODED SO MUCH.
    

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43. I LEARNED SO MUCH.
    

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44. WHAT ABOUT TEACHING?
    

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45. GIRLDEVELOPIT!
    

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46. BUT I WANTED MORE!
    

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47. “COMPUTING
    CURRICULUM LEAD”
    140+ HOURS OF CURRICULUM
    (VIDEOS, CHALLENGES, PROJECTS)
    

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48. A CREATIVE COMPANY
    

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49. 3 YEARS LATER,
    IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON.
    

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50. Creating
    Teaching
    Learning
    ?
    

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51. THE CONNECTION SOCIETY
    INVENTING EVENTS
    CREATING A COMPANY
    TEACHING NEW THINGS
    

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52. BURNING MAN FESTIVAL
    FROM DESIGN
    TO FUNDRAISING
    TO REALITY!
    

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53. 4 MONTH BUDDHIST RETREAT
    LEARNING ABOUT MY MIND
    

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54. IT’S HOME IMPROVEMENT TIME!
    HARDWARE PROJECTS
    LASER CUTTING
    INSTRUCTABLES
    

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55. THIS SUMMER: CAMP TEACHER, MAKER TRACK
    

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56. YOU CAN LEARN THE SKILLS
    THAT WILL EMPOWER YOU TO
    CREATE THE IDEAS IN YOUR HEAD.
    WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
    WHAT WILL YOU CREATE?
    

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