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Purposeful Code Jon McCartie developer/product coordinator, LifeChurch.tv RailsConf 2013 - Portland, OR - May 1st, 2013

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Hi! I’m Jon McCartie and I’m a Ruby developer at (on the interwebs: @jmccartie)

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What’s the point?

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What do I value?

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Something to belong to We want to be part of something that’s bigger than ourselves

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According to the recent Millennial Impact Report, 75 percent of young people (aged 25-30) donated to causes last year and 63 percent said they gave their time to volunteer. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/12/charitable-giving-millennial-generation_n_1590389.html

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What’s my purpose?

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Open (Free Resources) Church Online Platform Church Metrics YouVersion (The Bible App)

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What’s your purpose? What motivates you? What brings you fulfillment?

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So where do I start? What are your values? What matters to you? @my.values.each do |val| val.prioritize! end

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Find it Find the purpose in the work you do

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“But my work has no purpose.” > @my_work.has_purpose? => false

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PurposefulLife.new 1. Find purpose 2. Leave and find purpose 3. Find purpose outside of work

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Give Back

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Code With Purpose Purpose.find_of_create_by(values)

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thanks digerati.lifechurch.tv