Jounrney so far

A step in the right direction. Journey as a software developer

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1. Journey so far A Step in the right direction
2. Speaker bio • Olususi Oluyemi • Software Developer • Technical Content Creator • Guest Author Auth0, Twilio, CircleCI and Sanity.io
3. How it all began • Studied Electrical Electronics • Then Telecommunication Engineering • Had a Laptop but wasn't used wisely
4. Fascinated by computers and programming • 24hrs Series • No Laptop to start learning • Lesson learnt
5. Self-Taught Developer • Became a self-taught developer • Got my first job • Fake it till you make it
6. Self-Taught Developer • First time I heard about APIs • Took a lot of research • Mistakes and lots of trial and error
7. Started Writing Technical Content Helped improve full understanding of how web works Better communication Opens up lots of opportunities Sharing solutions Learning by teaching Make extra $$
8. Lesson learnt • Be patient • Learn the basics before picking up a programming language framework • Focus on the process • Learn from the Senior programmers
9. Success story • From Junior dev to a Dev lead • Writing tons of articles • Started working for a foreign company
10. That’s all Thanks for Listening