Free GCP credits + a side project (ATJ) = 10+ first full-time tech jobs

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Free GCP credits + a side project (ATJ) = 10+ ﬁrst full-time tech jobs Geshan Manandhar Senior Software Engineer (Simply Wall St.) Google Developer Expert (GCP), GDG Cloud Sydney Organizer

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whoami Geshan Manandhar ◉ Senior Software Engineer @ Simply Wall St. ◉ Tech solution provider ◉ Google Developer Expert (GDE) - Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ◉ GDG Cloud Sydney Organizer ◉ Blogging at Geshan.com.np since 2007 2 This slide deck ☝

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I work for SimplyWall.st Make conﬁdent investment decisions

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I am from Kathmandu, Nepal

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Nepali students are pumping $2 Billion+ to the AU economy

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Agenda ◉ Becoming a GDE and getting $500 GCP credit ◉ Starting AU Tech Jobs (recruiting Intl. students) ◉ Technical Best Practices ◉ Lots of things to learn for the students ◉ First Breakthrough ◉ String of successes ◉ ATJ Now ◉ Community > Technology 6

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I became a GDE in Dec 2019

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And got $500 in GCP credit (another reason to be a GDE 😊)

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Me thinking what should I do with this GCP credit?

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Idea to create a Tech Job Aggregator for Australia, let’s do it - https:/ /autechjobs.com

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So I start gathering people I know and don’t know to form a team I already had a solo side project - Nepal_News_En (Twitter Bot)

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My Talks from the past ● Simpliﬁed GitFlow - 2015 @Kathmandu, Nepal ● ChatOps - 2016 @ Amsterdam, The Netherlands ● Continuous Delivery - 2017 @ Portland, U.S ● Microservices - 2018 @ Newcastle, Australia ● Serverless containers - 2019 @ Sydney, Australia ● So we practiced what I preached for past 5 years ● All of the above things with automated testing and other best practices landed in AU Tech Jobs

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Technical Best Practices ● Agile Product Management - Trello (no OKRs) ● Source Code Management with Pull Request Reviews - GitHub ● Unit Testing and Continuous Integration - GitHub Actions ● Continuous Code Quality Check automated - CodeClimate ● DNS management and DDOS protection - Cloudﬂare ● MySQL on Google Cloud SQL

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Technical Best Practices - 2 ● Docker and building containers - Google Cloud Build ● Containers pushed to - Google Container Registry (GCR) ● Serverless Containers - Google Cloud Run ● Static Site Hosting (Main website) - Netlify ● Free MySQL database for staging - Planet Scale ● Deploy from Slack (ChatOps) - Hubot - No AI ;)

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Almost all of that for free, without burning any money (Using some GCP credit)

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AU Tech Jobs Architecture 3 Main parts: 1. Scraper (Python) 2. Backend (Node.js) 3. Frontend (React.js)

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That meant, overwhelmed with the things to learn but in a fail safe environment

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Still, they would rise up from that pressure and succeed

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One of the many CVs that had AU Tech Jobs on it

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First breakthrough, SB from Brisbane

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Other successes followed (RG, AK, NS, SS…)

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Referrals played a vital role. GS pulled in RG, RG pulled in NP.

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Thats me, attending reference check calls from recruiters/HR

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The lives changed since 2019

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So why do I do this?

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One of the examples: RG ● Earlier in 2019-2020 ○ Worked odd hours (2:30 - 9:30 PM) - at a Supermarket ○ Working with people at COVID times - 2020 ○ Paid just above minimum wage per hour ● Later with full time tech job in 2021 ○ Full time work from home, COVID safe in 2021 ○ Work 9-5, so more time to learn other things ○ Paid a handsome sum that increased after a year

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Autechjobs.com currently has 1250+ registered users

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Chatops preview

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ATJ still runs at <$1 /day

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Humorous, but the reality Me the boat driver Intl. students who got 1st full-time tech jobs AU Tech Jobs the project after 3 years Forgetting the boat and the driver after crossing the river - is Normal :)

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But the community stays strong and together, helping each other You can ﬁnd the blog version of this talk too.

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A quick demo (after praying to the demo gods)

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Please attend Google I/O Extended Sydney

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Questions are welcome :) You can ﬁnd me at ◉ @geshan ◉ Geshan.com.np ◉ LinkedIn Thanks! Presentation template by SlidesCarnival LinkedIn proﬁle ☝

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Reference links ● https:/ /www.macrobusiness.com.au/2023/04/international-education-was-never-a- genuine-export/ ● https:/ /www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/international-trade/international-trade- supplementary-information-ﬁnancial-year/latest-release ● https:/ /theconversation.com/international-students-are-coming-back-and-its-not-ju st-universities-sighing-with-relief-176530 ● All photos used are right free taken from either ○ Pixabay.com or ○ Unsplash.com ● https:/ /docs.google.com/document/d/1dqsP8BPyF7nF7BZorcZMdUvN7MYhZxWp8DP LF8vpx_0/edit?usp=sharing - ATJ Getting started doc ●