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Developing is a lot like cooking

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SPONGE BE A

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TEACHER BE A

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SPONGE BE A

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Follow great developers

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uptodate.frontendrescue.org

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uptodate.frontendrescue.org

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uptodate.frontendrescue.org

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uptodate.frontendrescue.org

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PAY ATTENTION

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Before I was a developer I was A…

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Designer

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At night I was reading about code

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embrace change

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embrace change (and failure)

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embrace change (sooooooo much failure)

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storytime

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Happiness Time

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Happiness Time This is you

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Happiness Time

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You in 6 - 12 months Happiness Time

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Happiness Time

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you will also go through this curve

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But you’ll survive

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“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” - Niels Bohr

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TEACHER BE A

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Write a blog

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Publish 10 posts

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Share on reddit

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Share on reddit (there will be trolls)

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Give a Talk

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no. 1 Fear: Public speaking Source: America’s top fears: Public speaking, heights and bugs

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Give a talk to your team

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Try a meet up

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Then go for a conference

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zachholman.com/talk/the-talk-on-talks

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Share some Code

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Create something entirely new

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Contribute to an existing project

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“This is what often holds me back from publishing a project or code: to be judged by other devs how I've written my code/project.”

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“If they hate then let ‘em hate and watch the money pile up.” - Niels Bohr

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“If they hate then let ‘em hate and watch the money pile up.” - Niels Bohr - Kanye West

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SPONGE BE A

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TEACHER BE A

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THANKS! @rob_dodson +RobDodson