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!SLIDE
# The Job
.notes Refer to books by name

!SLIDE
# Not "A Job"

!SLIDE
# The Job
.notes job you want, not just any job

!SLIDE
# Bradley Grzesiak
## co-founder: Bendyworks
## founder: Madisonium

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# wait... where's apprenticeship?

!SLIDE
# fact:
## you are not ready
.notes so many aspects: SCM, langs, frameworks, (team)

!SLIDE smbullets incremental
# To Use Rails Effectively
* Editor Mastery
* Rails Mastery
* Ruby Mastery
* HTML knowledge
* Java(Coffee)script Mastery
* JS Framework Mastery
* CSS Mastery
* Approx. 373 disparate rules

.notes IE hacks, mobile hacks, inline-block... that's now

!SLIDE smbullets
# To Use Rails Effectively NOW
* Editor Mastery
* Rails Mastery
* Ruby Mastery
* HTML knowledge
* Java(Coffee)script Mastery
* JS Framework Mastery
* CSS Mastery
* Approx. 373 disparate rules

.notes ...instilled a sense of 'oh crap'

!SLIDE
# 0_o

.notes instilled a sense of 'oh crap'

!SLIDE
# You can always just go "entry level"

!SLIDE center
# You can always just go "entry level"
![cube farm](cube_farm.jpg)

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Strong opinions, lightly held
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!SLIDE
# 4 Hard Steps
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# Step 1: Be Noticeable

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# Be Noticeable
* Contribute to Open Source Software
* Do this on GitHub (pull requests)
* Start with docs
* Graduate to code (and tests!)
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!SLIDE
# Step 2: Hack Networking

!SLIDE
## I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.

!SLIDE
# 127 of 210

!SLIDE
## I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn <span class="ul">because you're awesome</span>.

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## I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn because KHHHHHHAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN.

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## I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn because the internets told me to.

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## I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn because you're a thinker and a doer. And I dig that.

!SLIDE
## Hey Adam!

## It sure has been awhile since you helped me out on the lunar miner project. How's life? Not at BigCorp anymore, huh? Hopefully there are a few more engineers at OtherCorp!

## And finally: I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn because you're awesome.

!SLIDE
# /LinkedIn

!SLIDE
# Twitter

.notes ... I love twitter

!SLIDE
# Twitter
## &lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3

.notes ... so what is twitter, exactly?

!SLIDE
# Twitter
## A directed, cyclic graph whose difficulty in implementation is the dual of its true usefulness

.notes ... if you're into ruby

!SLIDE
# If you're into Ruby...

!SLIDE smaller giantlist
# Follow these people (at least)
* @aeden
* @avdi
* @bendycode
* @bryanl
* @chadfowler
* @chadpytel
* @coda
* @coreyhaines
* @daksis
* @dchelimsky
* @desi
* @devn
* @dhh
* @drnic
* @gigglegirl4e
* @gilesgoatboy
* @j3
* @jimweirich
* @jm
* @jnunemaker
* @joshkalderamis
* @joshsusser
* @justinko
* @l4rk
* @leshill
* @listrophy
* @martinfowler
* @mathiasx
* @mattyoho
* @mbleigh
* @mojombo
* @p_elliott
* @peterc
* @qrush
* @raganwald
* @rbates
* @rbxbx
* @ReinH
* @ryanbigg
* @sferik
* @steveklabnik
* @svenfuchs
* @tenderlove
* @timocratic
* @topfunky
* @tpope
* @wycats

!SLIDE
# Hacker News

.notes ADVANCE!

!SLIDE
# Hacker News
## Leave while you still can

!SLIDE
# Facebook



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* Hack networking (the people kind)
* Trick companies into noticing you
* Find the right team to join
* Level up faster
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Strong opinions, lightly held
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# Step 3: Soak it in

!SLIDE
# OSS Contributions
# +
# Networking
# =>
# Best. Companies. Ever.

!SLIDE
# And recruiters won't tell you...

!SLIDE
# Everybody is hiring.
# Nobody can hire fast enough.

!SLIDE
## In the software labor market:
# Demand > Supply

!SLIDE incremental small
# The Phone Conversation
* You: Hi, I'm interested in working at Software Inc.
* Them: (perks up) That's interesting. I haven't heard of you before. What have you done?
* You: If you check out my github page, you'll see I've contributed to 10 open source projects ranging from documentation to writing a plugin system for foo...
* Them: When can you start?


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* Hack networking (the people kind)
* Trick companies into noticing you
* Find the right team to join
* Level up faster
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Strong opinions, lightly held
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# Step 4: Level up
## (the apprentice part)

!SLIDE
# Not Internships
## Focus on training

!SLIDE
# Lateral Movement
## Java -> Ruby?

!SLIDE
# Pair Programming
## Start doing this NOW

!SLIDE center
# Keep Track
![skill tree](diablo_3.jpg)

!SLIDE
# Conferences
## Start going NOW
### uxmad, July 19-21
### Madison Ruby, August 23-25

.notes "hub50" or volunteer for 2 4-hour sessions. $299, $249
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# Figure out your Priorities
## See: TED talk by Shawn Achor

!SLIDE
# My Path
1. Be Happy in What You Do
1. Work Hard
1. Achieve Your Goals

!SLIDE
# Thank You
## @listrophy
## brad@bendyworks.com
## (we're hiring)
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source :rubygems

gem 'showoff', git: 'git://github.com/schacon/showoff.git'
gem 'heroku', groups: [:development]
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GIT
remote: git://github.com/schacon/showoff.git
revision: 52d064a3c653fb90a9cf6f069ff16f4c76942ce6
specs:
showoff (0.7.0)
gli (>= 1.3.2)
json
nokogiri
parslet
redcarpet
sinatra (~> 1.3)

GEM
remote: http://rubygems.org/
specs:
addressable (2.2.7)
blankslate (2.1.2.4)
gli (1.6.0)
heroku (2.24.1)
launchy (>= 0.3.2)
netrc (~> 0.7.1)
rest-client (~> 1.6.1)
rubyzip
json (1.6.6)
launchy (2.1.0)
addressable (~> 2.2.6)
mime-types (1.18)
netrc (0.7.1)
nokogiri (1.5.2)
parslet (1.3.0)
blankslate (~> 2.0)
rack (1.4.1)
rack-protection (1.2.0)
rack
redcarpet (2.1.1)
rest-client (1.6.7)
mime-types (>= 1.16)
rubyzip (0.9.7)
sinatra (1.3.2)
rack (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.6)
rack-protection (~> 1.2)
tilt (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.3)
tilt (1.3.3)

PLATFORMS
ruby

DEPENDENCIES
heroku
showoff!
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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# This file was generated by Bundler.
#
# The application 'gli' is installed as part of a gem, and
# this file is here to facilitate running it.
#

require 'pathname'
ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'] ||= File.expand_path("../../Gemfile",
Pathname.new(__FILE__).realpath)

require 'rubygems'
require 'bundler/setup'

load Gem.bin_path('gli', 'gli')

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