Android 101 - DSC Summit Pakistan

The talk to motivate and encourage all 42 Google's Developer Student Leads (DSC) of Pakistan on why Android development is a great career choice and how they can motivate other university students to get in Android.

Transcript

1. Wajahat Karim
   DSC Summit, Islamabad
   @WajahatKarim
   Android Dev 101
   Android Development as a Career Option in 2019
   

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2. I am Wajahat Karim
   Hey There!
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4. So, what’re we talking about?
   

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5. Sketching / Drawing Designing / Photoshop Animations / Adobe Flash
   

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6. Spider Magazine NUST SEECS, Isalamabd Zong Ideos - Froyo
   

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7. Final Year Project - Android Game
   

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8. 80+ Apps / Games for Android
   

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9. And The Open Sourcing Begins
   https://github.com/wajahatkarim3
   

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10. https://github.com/wajahatkarim3
    243,826 +
    Downloads as of yesterday
    

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11. Join 100+ community of Pakistani android devs at:
    http://bit.do/pak-android-slack
    A new initiative to give recognition to android dev girls
    & motivate girls to get in android
    Send me your profile at:
    wajahatkarim3@gmail.com
    Top Medium Publication with 50k followers
    http://android.jlelse.eu
    Community is Everything
    

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12. Let’s Talk about “How”?
    

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13. Current State of Android
    2.5B+
    Active Devices Android Everywhere 75B+ App Installs in 2018
    

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14. But, I’m a student...
    Hardware Skills Ideas
    ● Any Windows / Linux / Mac PC
    ● Any cheap Android phone
    ● Internet Connection
    ● Basic Java / C++
    ● Kotlin is lot of fun
    ● Other ways like Flutter, PWA
    ● Apps for your student life
    ● Portfolio apps
    ● Competitions, Hackathons,
    Open Source like
    Hacktoberfest
    

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15. Resources to Learn
    ● Android Docs (d.android.com)
    ● Google Codelabs (https://codelabs.developers.google.com/android-training)
    ● Udacity Nano Degree (udacity.com/android)
    ● Android Pub (android.jlelse.eu)
    ● Android Dev Chat (bit.do/pak-android-slack)
    

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16. Certifications
    udacity.com/android https://developers.google.com/training/certification/
    associate-android-developer
    

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17. You
    Thank you for attending this
    event.
    NIC Islamabad
    The event is hosted by them.
    https://nicpakistan.pk/
    Special Thanks
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    Google
    After all, its Google powered DSC
    Summit event.
    

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18. https://wajahatkarim.com wajahatkarim3@gmail.com
    https://github.com/wajahatkarim3 @WajahatKarim https://medium.com/@wajahatkarim3
    Any Questions?
    

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