Which Way Is Up?

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1. WHICH WAY IS UP?
2. AHOY THERE!
3. AGENDA JavaScript boom Lost in the ecosystem Sharing knowledge Impostor syndrome Outside the comfort zone
4. MEET JERRY
5. ABOUT JERRY Knows some JavaScript Likes Angular and long walks on the beach Feels a little lost on what to learn Feels out of place in the industry Knows great things, but won't voice them Enjoys the comfort zone Still looking for treasure
6. WHERE JERRY BEGAN
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10. $ ( ' a ' ) . c l i c k ( f u n c t i o n ( e v e n t ) { $ ( t h i s ) . a d d C l a s s ( ' a c t i v e ' ) ; } ) ;
11. JERRY WAS HAPPY WITH JQUERY
12. JQUERY STARTED THE REVOLUTION
13. JERRY SAVED UP SOME MONEY AND WENT SAILING
15. TIME PASSED, A YEAR WENT BY
16. JERRY CAME HOME
25. JERRY TRIED TO LEARN SOME NEW STUFF
26. JERRY LEARNED GRUNT
28. "THAT'S OUT OF DATE"
30. JERRY LEARNED BACKBONE
32. "THAT'S OUT OF DATE"
34. JERRY STOPPED TALKING TO FRIENDS ABOUT CODE
35. JERRY KNOWS SOME ANGULAR 1.X SO HE CONTINUED LEARNING
48. JERRY FEELS OUT OF PLACE
49. JERRY STARTS WALKING AROUND FOR SOMEONE TO TALK TO
50. MEET ERIK
52. ERIK CONSOLES JERRY
53. We are all still learning JavaScript is booming! Don't let it scare you You don't always have to use the latest stuff ... but keep an eye on it! ERIK'S ADVICE
55. JERRY FEELS GOOD
56. HE CONTINUES WITH HIS ANGULAR 1.X BUT KEEPS AN EYE ON ANGULAR 2
57. IT'S OKAY NOT TO KNOW EVERYTHING
58. JERRY TALKS TO ERIK MONTHS LATER
59. How can I get better as a developer? Am I even good enough to share knowledge? Contributing to open source looks scary
60. Setup a GitHub profile and create some projects Everyone has something to teach others Nothing was achieved in the comfort zone
61. "SETUP A GITHUB PROFILE AND CREATE SOME PROJECTS"
64. Repos Issues to fix PRs to review Comments/questions to answer Testing Module systems Versioning OPEN SOURCE IS DIFFICULT
68. JERRY SUCCEEDED IN THE END
69. TAKEAWAYS
70. IT'S INTIMIDATING SHARING CODE
71. DON'T BE PUT OFF BY NEGATIVITY
72. HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF
73. KEEP CREATING, KEEP IMPROVING
74. "EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO TEACH OTHERS"
82. JERRY KEPT WORKING ON OPEN SOURCE AND BLOGGING
85. THIS INSPIRED JERRY TO KEEP GOING
86. TAKEAWAYS
87. THE ONLINE WORLD ISN'T ALWAYS KIND
88. THE POSITIVES OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVES
89. SHARING KNOWLEDGE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
90. YOU CAN ALWAYS TEACH SOMEONE SOMETHING NEW
91. BUILD AND YOU WILL SUCCEED
92. YOU DON'T KNOW CODE UNTIL YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT IT
93. "NOTHING WAS ACHIEVED IN THE COMFORT ZONE"
96. JERRY STEPPED OUT THE COMFORT ZONE
100. TAKEAWAYS
101. ANYONE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE
102. YOU CAN LEARN GREAT THINGS OUTSIDE THE COMFORT ZONE
103. PEOPLE WILL JUDGE YOU BUT HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH
104. DON'T BE AFRAID TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
105. THERE IS A PIECE OF JERRY IN EVERYONE
106. JERRY BOUGHT A NEW ANGULAR 2 BANDANA
107. JERRY WAS CONTENT WITH RAPID CHANGE
108. JERRY KNOWS NOTHING WILL BE AROUND FOREVER
109. JERRY WASN'T SCARED OF THE FUTURE
111. NOTHING IS ACHIEVED IN THE COMFORT ZONE
112. GO FOR IT.
113. @toddmotto speakerdeck.com/toddmotto DANKJEWEL :)