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  1. Follow Your IT Dreams Tony Sneed Twitter: @tonysneed Email: [email protected]

    Blog: http://blog.tonysneed.com

  2. About Me • Grew up in Southern California • Bachelor

    and Masters degrees in Theology • House in Dallas, Texas • Met my future wife in 1999 in Bratislava • Live in Kosice - 3 Children

  3. My Career • Self-taught:
 Visual Basic, C#,
 JavaScript, TypeScript •

    Programmer for 20 years • Instructor for 10 years • blog.tonysneed.com • Currently self-employed

  4. Achieve Your Dream

  5. Love what you do. You’ll be motivated to succeed.

  6. Find a niche. An area of expertise that is in-demand


    with a high barrier to entry.

  7. Understand trends. Know where the computer industry is going.

  8. Know your stuff. Take as much online training as you

    can.

  9. Get experience. Contribute to an open-source project.

  10. Don’t give up. Persevere until you solve a problem
 and

    understand why.

  11. Help others. Blogging, articles, speaking.

  12. Questions? Tony Sneed Twitter: @tonysneed Email: [email protected] Blog: http://blog.tonysneed.com