My Front-End Developer Career Path

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1. MY FRONT-END DEVELOPER CAREER PATH 
 POWER HOUR - BRAINSTATION BY DAVID DIAS
2. DAVID DIAS Who I am? What I’ve learned about… Recrutement Motivation Mindset Team Career AGENDA
3. WHO I AM?
4. FRONT-END DEVELOPER AT KIJIJI DAVID DIAS - Front-End Developer since 2011 - Previously Lead, Manager and Architect - Certi f ied Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) - Podcaster and digital content creator - Open source maintainer (Front-End Checklist, HTMLHint…) - …
6. 2011 2015 2018 Student / Journalist 2005 Journalist / Photographer 
 Video Maker / French teacher 2009 🏁 Front-End Developer Taki driver (Wheelchair Transportation) 2017 2021 TIMELINE BRAZIL 🇧🇷 FRANCE 🇫🇷 MAURITIUS 🇲🇺 CANADA 🇨🇦 FRANCE 🇫🇷 2006 2012 Front-End Manager Software Engineer Senior Front-End Developer Lead Front-End Developer (CHANGELOG.THEDAVIDDIAS.DEV)
7. WHAT I’VE LEARN ABOUT…
8. RECRUTEMENT
9. BE VISIBLE TO MAXIMIZE YOUR CHANCES THE WEB IS VAST, THE MARKET IS LARGE. YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH THE SAME PATH OR SKILLS. FIND WAYS TO DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF FROM OTHER CANDIDATES.
10. https://github.com/thedaviddias
11. SEARCH LIKE A RECRUITER, THINK LIKE A CEO UNDERSTANDING WHAT RECRUITERS DO TO FIND POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AND WHAT A COMPANY IS LOOKING FOR, WILL HELP YOU TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR INTERVIEWS
13. BE YOURSELF IT WILL COST YOU MORE THAN YOU THINK TO FIND A JOB THAT DOESN’T FIT YOU. BE YOURSELF, TELL THE RECRUITERS WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT PASSIONATES YOU.
14. MOTIVATION
15. IT’S NOT A SPRINT, IT’S A MARATHON SHORTCUTS DON’T EXIST, PRACTICE IS KEY TO BECOME A BETTER PROFESSIONAL AND A PROFICIENT WEB DEVELOPER
16. YOU ALREADY KNOW MORE THAN OTHERS LEARN TO LIVE WITH THE IMPOSTER SYNDROME AND REMEMBER THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE AROUND YOU
17. BE PART OF A GROUP OR COMMUNITY NO ONE CAN STAY MOTIVATED ALONE, MET PEOPLE AT MEETUPS, PARTICIPATE TO OPEN-SOURCE PROJECTS, PARTICIPATE TO #100DAYSOFCODE AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.
18. https://dev.to
19. MINDSET
20. ALWAYS QUESTION WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW TODAY MAY CHANGE TOMORROW. CONSTANTLY REEVALUATE WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW. YOU WILL NEVER FIND A UNIQUE SOLUTION FOR A PROBLEM.
21. https://stateo f js.com/en-us/
22. BE PASSIONATE ABOUT PROBLEM SOLVING THE ESSENCE OF WEB DEVELOPMENT IS PROBLEM SOLVING. A DEVELOPER SEEKS PROBLEMS,
23. TRACK YOUR PROGRESSES FIND WAYS TO TRACK WHAT YOU’VE LEARN, WHAT YOU’VE DONE… WRITE ARTICLES, PUBLISH VIDEOS / PHOTOS… MAINTAIN A “BRAG DOCUMENT” WHEN WORKING IN A COMPANY.
24. https://jvns.ca/blog/brag-documents/
25. FIND TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE YOUR WORKFLOW YOU CAN WORK HARD OR YOU CAN WORK SMART. SOMETIMES A COMBINAISON OF BOTH. KNOWING EXISTING TOOLS AND HOW PROFESSIONALS USE THEM TO SPEED UP THEIR TASKS CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS.
26. IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT CODING… MAINTAIN A BALANCE BETWEEN CODING AND OTHER PASSIONS. FIND WAYS TO CONNECT YOUR PASSIONS TOGETHER.
27. Podcasting Photo / video Cooking Sailing Electronics / DIY 3D printing
28. TEAM
29. LEARN TO SPEAK DIFFERENT “LANGUAGES” A TEAM IS ALWAYS COMPOSED BY PRODUCT MANAGERS, UI/UX WEB DESIGNERS, QA, BACKEND, FRONTEND, SEO… LEARN TO UNDERSTAND AND SPEAK A COMMON LANGUAGE.
30. https://storybook.js.org/
31. NO COMPANY OR TEAM IS PERFECT NAVIGATE THROUGH THE IMPERFECTIONS OF YOUR COMPANY AND TEAM. EXPLORE ALL THE POSSIBLE OPTIONS BEFORE MOVING TO YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE.
32. YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT BUT PERFECTLY WRONG YOUR VISION AND PERCEPTION ARE UNIQUE. YOUR WILL NEVER BE RIGHT OR WRONG. THE COMBINAISON OF EVERYONE’S VISION WILL ONLY BE THE ONE RIGHT FOR THE BUSINESS.
33. CAREER
34. FIND SOMETHING YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND FOCUS ON IT FINDING OUR PASSIONS CAN TAKE TIME. SOME PEOPLE BECOME EXPERTS IN A SPECIFIC AREA, OTHERS ARE GENERALISTS. PATHS ARE INFINITES, YOU JUST HAVE TO FIND YOURS.
35. DON'T BE AFRAID TO EXPLORE OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE EXPERIENCING, TAKING RISKS, MAKING MISTAKES, LEARNING, CAN PUSH YOU OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE. IT’S OKAY TO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, YOU WILL FIND OUT ONE DAY OR ANOTHER.
36. BUILD OPEN- SOURCE PROJECTS BUILDING OPEN-SOURCE PROJECTS OR BE A MAINTAINER WILL GIVE YOU A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE COMPARE TO OTHERS.
37. https://good f irstissue.dev/
38. QUESTIONS?
39. STAY IN TOUCH! @THEDAVIDDIAS THEDAVIDDIAS.DEV