What's next? - Speaker Deck

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What's Next? Being a USP student is not enough! Sibelius Seraphini

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Sibelius Seraphini @sibelius @sseraphini 2 2010

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Being a USP student is not enough! 3 There is You

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There is You Being a USP student is not enough! 4 more 99 students in your class

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There is You Being a USP student is not enough! 5 more 99 students in your class more before you and will be more after you.

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Be the hardest worker in the room Being a USP student is not enough! 6

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Only having technical skills are not enough Being a USP student is not enough! 7

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Being a USP student is not enough! 8 const softSkills = [];

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softSkills.push(collaboration) Being a USP student is not enough! 9

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softSkills.push(communication) Being a USP student is not enough! 10

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softSkills.push(writing) Being a USP student is not enough! 11

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softSkills.push(leardship) Being a USP student is not enough! 12

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softSkills.push(time management) Being a USP student is not enough! 13

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softSkills.push( getting things done ) Being a USP student is not enough! 14

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- Be proactive - Ask questions - Read before classes - Require more from professors Improving classes (Student) 15

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- Make classes more modern - e.g. link calculus with machine learning - Avoid knowledge memorization - We always have a calculator and internet available - Focus on solving real problems Improving classes (Professor) 16

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Career Path 17 ● Professor ● Research ● Academy ● Developer ● Tech Leader ● Indie Maker ● Engineer (General) ● Business ● Startup Founder

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- Good news: market does not have enough great developers. - Bad news: universities can't teach you this Job Market 18

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- Practice - Practicing a lot - Outliers (books) - Bill Gates had 10k hours of programming before starting Microsoft How to become great (succeed) 19

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- Fail Fast - Do not be afraid of making mistakes - "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration", Thomas Edison - Difficulties will appear, Never Give Up! - Deliberate Practice - Be Proactive How to become great (succeed) 20

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- A practice with focus - Break what you are mastering in small sections/chunks - Analyse your weakness - Improve/fix them of all, one at a time - Mentor/coach can identify problems and fix them faster - Continuous feedback is key. Deliberate Practice 21

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- learn different programming paradigm - imperative (C, C++, Java) - functional (OCaml, Lisp, Haskell, Javascript) - objective oriented (C++, Java, Ruby) - logic (prolog) - dynamic typed vs static typed - and many more Improve Programming 22

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- Have a Github account (more valuable than Resume/CV/Linkedin) - Contribute to open source - Read a lot of code from others (packages and programs that you use) - Learn by doing, trying it out. Improve Programming 23

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- Practice (Spoj, TopCoder) - Have a side project - Get a job, freelancer - Find someone to pay you to learn. - Automate everything you can Improve Programming 24

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Open Source 25

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Open Source - Create a Pull Request 26

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Open Source - Merged 27 Open Source - Create a Pull Request 27

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- Where you gonna learn as much as possible - If you stop learning new things, move to another job. - If you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room. - Maximize for learning - Money does not make money, knowledge makes money. Where to work? 28

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Avoid maximum local 29

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- Think Big - Think in the long run (future) - You need to be uncomfortable - Learn to unlearn - Rethink best practices Avoiding maximum local 30

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- Github - Twitter - Reddit - Books (https://www.ycombinator.com/resources/) - Communities (React Brasil slack) - Mentors - Coursera Where to learn 31

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Developer Roadmap 32

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Frontend Roadmap 33

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Backend Roadmap 34

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DevOps Roadmap 35

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- Bitcoin - Blockchain - AR - Augmented Reality - VR - Virtual Reality - IoT - Internet of Things - Machine Learning (Deep Learning) Focus on Innovation 36

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Resources 37 - https://recurse.henrystanley.com/post/better/ - https://jamesclear.com/beginners-guide-deliber ate-practice - https://www.amazon.com.br/Outliers-Story-Suc cess-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930 - https://br.spoj.com/ - https://www.samjarman.co.nz/blog/sideprojects - https://github.com/kamranahmedse/d eveloper-roadmap - https://github.com/jwasham/coding-int erview-university

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Resources 38 - http://paulgraham.com/opensource.ht ml - http://paulgraham.com/articles.html - http://paulgraham.com/avg.html - https://github.com/fejes713/30-secon ds-of-interviews

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Tl;dr tips 39 - Learn English - Learn Javascript - Learn to learn - Get fast feedback - Be active on communities - Read a Lot - Code a Lot - Find a Mentor

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40 - Backend: Javascript, Node, Koa, GraphQL - Frontend: React, Relay - Mobile: React Native, Relay Summer/Winter Internship https://github.com/entria/jobs#summer-internship- allocated

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AMA - Ask me anything Sibelius https://github.com/sibelius/ama