How to get a job

(That you love)

Lego vs. Dictators

who Are you &

What do you do?

Oliver Turner

Part of the Enterprise Architecture group

Front End Architect at Ticketmaster

how did i get here? 

In the beginning...

Studied Spanish at university...

there was nothing

Took (another) gap year afterwards...

Studied Law... 

The key to success

is being able to be passionate about what you do

oops

(An unlikely saviour)

I never studied computer science

  • Most front-end engineers are self-taught
  • Most CS degrees don't prepare you with the
    skills you actually need
  • Job specs "requiring" academic qualifications... don't
  • jQuery
  • Rails
  • Ember
  • Rust

Trained as...

Print designer

Yehuda Katz

  • React
  • Ember

Background...

Marketing

Ryan Florence

many
years
pass

TechnologY

Enough about me.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU

what are employers looking for?

be awesome

be Lucky

be really, REAlly
Good-looking

Being Good-looking

  • Isn't really about the amount of experience you've had so far.
  • The more interest you display in being a developer the more interest you inspire in a prospective employer.
  • Identify the core skills in your field and talk about what you've done to acquire them and what you're doing to improve them.

(as a candidate)

being Lucky

"I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."​

 

Benjamin Franklin

The good news: it's not hard work

if you love what you do :)

being Lucky

  • Be passionate about your craft: it's the only way to be truly great at it.
  • Be honest: any attempt to sound more knowledgeable than you are will doom your application
  • Be generous: your CV will stand out if you talk about efforts you make to give back to the community

being awesome

the important parts

TechnologY

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questions?

Stay in touch!

  • Ticketmaster.co.uk/careers
  • facebook.com/LNEcareers
  • twitter.com/LNEukjobs
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