Making Stuff: The Life of a Software Engineer

This presentation was given to young kids aged 7 - 15 at a mentorship event in Toronto. I shared my story, I shared a day in the life of Jasmine, A Software Engineer and Musician. And concluded by showing them some games I made with Scratch. Thet loved the game and did not want to leave.

Transcript

1. Making Stuff: The Life of a Software Engineer Uchi Uchibeke Software Engineer @ Shopify @UchiUchibeke
3. About me • Uchi • Born and raised in Nigeria • Big family of 8 • Lover of food • Software Engineer • I enjoy road trips in the summer • I never get used to winter
4. The story of Jasmine
5. Jasmine, Musician
6. The story of Jasmine • Starts work 10am • Has breakfast at work • Quick meeting about project • Replies DMs from coworkers • Has lunch at 12 noon. Lunch is provided at work • Plays ping-pong to unwind • Sits down to work on planned tasks • Takes breaks to grab snacks • At 4pm, rounds up work • Leaves Works 5:30pm • Meets friends, makes a beat & performs at pub
7. Jasmine, Software Engineer
8. Not this
9. Not this
10. Not this
11. More like
12. And this
13. $96,666,889,333……… 2nd richest person on earth
14. Benefits • Ability to build cool things • Provides options: start a company vs pick from multiple companies • Good money and benefits • Freedom to work remotely
15. Game time
16. Process • Believing and deciding that it is worth your time • Learning ◦ Self-learning ▪ Codeacademy.com ▪ Tutorialpoint.com ◦ Going to school for Computer Science ▪ 2 year diploma ▪ 4 year University
17. Process • Building side projects ◦ Party planning app ◦ Music sharing app • Internship • Work
18. YOU CAN MAKE STUFF TODAY! • www.scratch.mit.edu • www.codeacademy.com • www.touchdevelop.com • www.projectspark.com