Career, Growth & Android Development

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Career, Growth & Android Development Niharika Arora Google Developer Expert, Android @theDroidLady Let me help you decide your next steps

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Why Software Engineering ?

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Why Android Development ?

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● 85% Indian Market Share ● Huge Reach ● Amazing career opportunities ● Good Community outreach ● Better support for becoming one of the best ● And some amazing fun stuﬀ..

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● 85% Indian Market Share ● Huge Reach ● Amazing career opportunities ● Good Community outreach ● Better support for becoming one of the best ● And some amazing fun stuﬀ..

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Your friend can be your next door help :) ● Android Slack Groups. ● Twitter is your best friend. ● Android documentations is even easier than your college syllabus. ● And yes, you as a user using multiple apps have already an idea about good designs. So, by default you are a UI Designer.

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● 85% Indian Market Share ● Huge Reach ● Amazing career opportunities ● Good Community outreach ● Better support for becoming one of the best ● And some amazing fun stuﬀ..

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● 85% Indian Market Share ● Huge Reach ● Amazing career opportunities ● Good Community outreach ● Better support for becoming one of the best ● And some amazing fun stuﬀ.. Build for the next billion users. Imagine the reach you might get.

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Roadmap

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● Start by understanding your interest.

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● Start by understanding your interest. ● Just fall in love with it. Rest all will fall in place for you.

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● Start by understanding your interest. ● Just fall in love with it. Rest all will fall in place for you. ● And make sure just keep on asking questions as much as you can.

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Desk Job vs Freelance

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● There is no correct answer, depends on age, your need and interests.

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● There is no correct answer, depends on age, your need and interests. ● Begin by looking for something that might interest you, maybe be a customer ﬁrst and then build with them.

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● There is no correct answer, depends on age, your need and interests. ● Begin by looking for something that might interest you, maybe be a customer ﬁrst and then build with them. ● Early age job should be your next university to teach you practical world knowledge.

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Product vs Service Based

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Few things you should consider ● Learning Curve

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Few things you should consider ● Learning Curve ● Work Life balance

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Few things you should consider ● Learning Curve ● Work Life balance ● Growth

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Few things you should consider ● Learning Curve ● Work Life balance ● Growth ● Job Security

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Few things you should consider ● Learning Curve ● Work Life balance ● Growth ● Job Security ● Fixed Job Responsibility vs Multitasking

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Few things you should consider ● Learning Curve ● Work Life balance ● Growth ● Job Security ● Fixed Job Responsibility vs Multitasking ● HOSTILE CULTURE

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How to improve yourself?

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● Choose the correct people around you.

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● Choose the correct people around you. ● Good Programming Practices and basic programming concepts like Solid Principles etc.

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● Choose the correct people around you. ● Good Programming Practices and basic programming concepts like Solid Principles etc. ● Ask for feedbacks as much as you can..

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● Choose the correct people around you. ● Good Programming Practices and basic programming concepts like Solid Principles etc. ● Ask for feedbacks as much as you can.. ● Keep learning something new everyday.

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● Experiment and learn things.It might break few things for you, but that will teach you wonders.

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● Experiment and learn things.It might break few things for you, but that will teach you wonders. ● It’s ok to FAIL. Best to learn something out of your failure and make it a chapter of your life. ● Take some time to refresh and set yourself for your goal.

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“Be the master of your own destiny”

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Where to learn from? Google It :P

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● Android Developer Guide: https://developer.android.com/guide ● Google Codelabs: https://codelabs.developers.google.com/ ● Udacity : https://www.udacity.com/ ● Mindorks : https://mindorks.com/ ● Ray Wenderlich: https://www.raywenderlich.com/ ● CodingWithMitch: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoNZZLhPuuRteu02rh7bzsw ● Awesome Learning Resources https://github.com/androiddevnotes/awesome-android-learning-resources

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Let’s Catch up ● Github : https://github.com/Niharika2810 ● Portfolio : https://thedroidlady.com/ ● LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/thedroidlady ● Medium : https://medium.com/@nik.arora8059 ● Twitter : https://nik-arora8059.medium.com/

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Thank You! Niharika Senior Software Engineer, 1mg @theDroidLady