Code Long and Prosper - Speaker Deck

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Code Long and Prosper @jaketrent

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a lifetime of  LEARNING

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a great place to START

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the FUTURE

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I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don’t set goals in our life and learn how to master the techniques of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential. M. Russell Ballard

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Do you like to learn?

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OPTIMIZE for learning

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hunger for KNOWLEDGE

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The First Job

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NETWORK professional

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the advantage of GEOGRAPHY

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starting SALARY

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first field EXPOSURE

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it’s the PEOPLE!

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The Joy of Starting

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the burden of the SPOTLIGHT

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make something BEAUTIFUL

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don’t become ROUTINE

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“I reserve the right to wake up smarter every day” Frank Gaudette, Microsoft

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at the speed of TECH

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focus on CREATION

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kids are FUN

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Passion & Career Capital

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“I would never advise anyone to ‘follow their passion’ until I understand who they are, what they want, and why they want it. Even then, I’d be cautious. Passion is too important to be without, but too ﬁckle to be guided by. Which is why I’m more inclined to say, ‘Don’t Follow Your Passion, But Always Bring it With You.’” Mike Rowe

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“[The] world will in large measure pay you what it thinks you are worth” Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley

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Hard Work to Do

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“What we hope ever to do with ease, we must ﬁrst learn to do with diligence.” Samuel Johnson

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“We’re striving to build within ourselves the discipline to achieve a worthwhile, ambitious long-term goal in small, manageable increments. We are training ourselves to become disciplined, effective learners. We are sculpting our minds and emotions to become used to working hard in our spare time.” Warren Henning in "A Software Engineer’s Adventures In Learning Mathematics"

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Just Being You

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“I am more than the notes I hit” Idina Menzel

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Weighing Your Options

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“Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to Thee for strength” Prayer beloved of Eleanor Roosevelt Quoted by President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast this year