Confessions of an Open Source Android Developer

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Confessions of Open Source Android Dev Wajahat Karim DSC Launch - SZABIST - Hyderabad

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I am Wajahat Karim And I work at Contour Software. Hey There! 2

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My Life in a Slide 4 Coding Been coding for more than 8 years now... Writing Wrote books, articles, publications... Passion Contributed code to Mozilla, Facebook, and Android libraries Community Public Speaking, Slack community, and personal brand Lessons Why am I even sharing all this with YOU?

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Coding

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Android Developer Technologies Android Native Java / Kotlin Unity3D Adobe Flash Experience Been doing it for more than 8 years Projects 80+ Apps 30+ Games 100+ Experiments But why? Maybe Crazy?!!! 2+ Billion Devices Huge Market & Jobs

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Getting Started with Android PC / Laptop 8 GB RAM / 3 GB Disk Windows / Mac / Linux Android Phone Skills Basic Programming (C++) Java / Kotlin Hard Work Resources https://d.android.com https://udacity.com Google / StackOverﬂow / Github

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Money & Business ● 2+ Billion Active Devices ● Everyone need an app ● Jobs ● Freelancing ● Startups ● Open Source

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Passion

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Open Source is https://github.com/wajahatkarim3

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Sharing is Awesome 106,826 + Downloads as of yesterday

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$0.00 Made So Far... bit.ly/FbJob medium.com/@wajahatkarim3

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Why do it at all, then? ➔ Give something back ➔ Get to collaborate with smart people ➔ Great opportunity to learn something new ➔ Great exposure ➔ Looks awesome on resume and portfolio ➔ Doesn’t have to be code ➔ Provides good internet existence

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But how? I’m new!

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Writing

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Books, Blog & Medium android.jlelse.eu/ wajahatkarim.com

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How can I do that? Online Existence What happens if I google your name? No one is interested in your Facebook / Instagram proﬁles Blogging / Vlogging Share what you know Share what you do Share what you learn Web Development Static Websites - Easy to Setup No Coding Required Hosting Free on Firebase / Github Pages

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Community

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Care to explain? Join 100+ community of Pakistani android devs at: http://bit.do/pak-android-slack A new initiative to give recognition to android dev girls & motivate girls to get in android Send me your proﬁle at: [email protected]

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Why should you do it? ● Build Reputation ● Personal Branding ● Public Speaking ● Monetization Opportunities ● Being Different Than Others ● Google Opportunities

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Lessons Learned Hard Way

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What I Wish I Knew at University? ● Focusing on “Focusing” ● Online Existence ● Personal Branding ● Community Building

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Thanks! Any questions? You can ﬁnd me at: ● wajahatkarim.com ● github.com/wajahatkarim3 ● medium.com/@wajahatkarim3 23

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You Thank you for attending this event. DSC SZABIST Hyderabad The event is organized by them. Special Thanks 24 Google After all, its Google powered event. Undraw All the beautiful illustrations in this presentation are from Undraw. http://undraw.co