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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8. $ ( d o c u m e n t

   ) . r e a d y ( f u n c t i o n ( ) { $ ( ' a ' ) . c l i c k ( f u n c t i o n ( e v e n t ) { a l e r t ( ' T h a n k s f o r v i s i t i n g ! ' ) ; } ) ; } ) ;

9. v a r j q x h r = $

   . a j a x ( ' i n b o x . p h p ' ) . d o n e ( f u n c t i o n ( ) { a l e r t ( ' s u c c e s s ! ' ) ; } ) . f a i l ( f u n c t i o n ( ) { a l e r t ( ' e r r o r ! ' ) ; } ) . a l w a y s ( f u n c t i o n ( ) { a l e r t ( ' c o m p l e t e ! ' ) ; } ) ;

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    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

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15. TIME PASSED, A YEAR WENT BY

16. JERRY CAME HOME

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25. JERRY TRIED TO LEARN SOME NEW STUFF

26. JERRY LEARNED GRUNT

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28. "THAT'S OUT OF DATE"

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30. JERRY LEARNED BACKBONE

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32. "THAT'S OUT OF DATE"

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34. JERRY STOPPED TALKING TO FRIENDS ABOUT CODE

35. JERRY KNOWS SOME ANGULAR 1.X SO HE CONTINUED LEARNING

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48. JERRY FEELS OUT OF PLACE

49. JERRY STARTS WALKING AROUND FOR SOMEONE TO TALK TO

50. MEET ERIK

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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
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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"

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64. Repos Issues to fix PRs to review Comments/questions to answer

    Testing Module systems Versioning OPEN SOURCE IS DIFFICULT
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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"

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82. JERRY KEPT WORKING ON OPEN SOURCE AND BLOGGING

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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"

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96. JERRY STEPPED OUT THE COMFORT ZONE

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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

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111. NOTHING IS ACHIEVED IN THE COMFORT ZONE

112. GO FOR IT.

113. @toddmotto speakerdeck.com/toddmotto DANKJEWEL :)