What was the most fun thing you tried?

Who likes coding?

Who wants to be a software engineer?

About Me

Software Engineer

What does a software engineer do?

I Just Love Hacking

We Love Hacking

My Path

When I Was Your Age

I actually didn't like sports

These were my interests

Being a geek wasn't cool

But I also had ...

(Not my actual computer)

And a few books

How You Can Get Started

You only need a computer with internet access

(Not this one. Preferably a Mac)

Things I use every day

Free resources online

Meet Other People

Make your own study group

Learn by working with others

Don't Get Discouraged

• Learning software is not easy

• You won't make Minecraft overnight

Why You Should Learn

Question

Is there going to be more or less computing in the future?

When I Started ...

• Share my interests with other people
• Show my friends what I'm up to

What do you want to make?

Build tools that you would want to use

You can make the game you wanted

Make your favorite game better

https://github.com/walterhiggins/ScriptCraft

You can make $$$

The demand is high

Companies are looking for programmers

Sometimes, it's just getting something working

Most of the time, it's frustrating

But when it pays off, it's great

Tools of the Trade

Javascript

Game Development Tools

Sharing Your Creation

Servers in the cloud

• Create a public server for websites and applications 
• Can be as cheap as $5 a month
• Free options for certain types of sites

Mobile Apps

Free to start

$100/year for iOS and $25/year for Android/Google Play

Less than $10/month

What you need to know

(Pretty much everything)

Writing and speaking skills are important

Things that need math

Making games

Working with large amounts of data

Twitter sees up to 140,000 posts per second

Many go into web design

People who can write code and design well are extremely rare

There's so much to learn out there

Build some cool stuff

Everything is at your fingertips

And it's not too early to get started