Life After CS50
About Me
Full time software engineer
Full stack/ Frontend
First job in web development in 2012 @ 26
UTHSC (5.5 yrs) > AutoZone (1 yr) > LensRentals (1 yr) > GMT (6 months)
Speaker, user group organizer, passionate programmer, tech community advocate
Memtech
- meetup.com/memphis-technology-user-groups/
- Memphis Technology Foundation
- Memtech Slack
- @memtech on twitter
Meetups
- Memphis PHP
- MemPy (Python)
- Data Science
- Memphis Web Workers
- DevMemphis
- Agile
- Game Developers
- Midsouth Makers
- Lunches/Parties
- And many more
Code Connector
GDG
Givecamp
When Art Critics Get Together They Talk About Art
When Artists Get Together They Talk About Where to Buy Cheap Paint Thinner
Be A Sponge
Focus on exposure to topics
Get around people
Write down words
Google stuff
Read wiki pages
Go down the rabbit hole
Do projects (It's free)
Abandon projects (It's ok!)
ASK QUESTIONS
Your Brand
Your name has value
Custom Domain
Custom Email
Website
Github
slides.com
Spend a little money for good stuff!
Resources and tools cost money
but they're worth it!
Ex: CS50
Now go get a job
Interview, Interview, Interview!
Life After CS50
By gpspake
