Web Development
Roadmap
Who I Am
What I Do
How To Be Me
And then a game!
Who Am I?
Who Am I?
Who Am I?
Who Am I?
Who Am I?
Who Am I?
Who Am I?
What Do I Do?
So what exactly is my job?
Web Developer / Programmer
Technical Mentor
Instructor
Programming is NOT a crazy, frantic typing race
Programming is NOT the Matrix
Programming is... well, let's try it
Programming is...
Solving Problems
Being Creative
Telling a Computer what to do
... EXACTLY what to do...
Limited Available Instructions
MANY Different Languages
Building Things!
What About You?
Where can you work?
Anywhere with a website!
How do you get there?
Start practicing now to be a programmer!
Start practicing now to be a programmer!
Solve problems
Take college computer science classes
Practice building your own websites
Codewars
What can you do while you're still in school?
Your high school classes are preparing you for web development!
Thinking logically: step-by-step
(Problem Solving)
But fear not!
There are also "front-end" engineers
- Style
- Good sense of what looks good
- Patience
- Persistence
Game Time!
Good Design/Bad Design
Game Time!
Good Design/Bad Design
Remember!
- Focus on your classes now
- Take the time to learn basic programming
- Be ready for an exciting career!
Thanks!
Questions?