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API ALL THE THINGS@JOE_SEPI LEAD DEV EVANGELIST WITH @STRONGLOOP / @IBM

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MY JOURNEY ++@JOE_SEPI LEAD DEV EVANGELIST WITH @STRONGLOOP / @IBM

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PREGAME THE PREGAME

POTENTIAL TAKE AWAYS?

▸ Take on new challenges

▸ Everyone is unique

▸ Embrace your shortcomings

▸ Drive for diversity and quality

▸ Nurture community

▸ JavaScript is awesome

@joe_sepi

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1991 - THE YEAR PUNK BROKE

SONIC YOUTH

▸ LONG-HAIRED PUNK

@joe_sepi

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1991-1995

THE NEXT SEATTLE: BOISE

▸ WHO TF MOVES TO BOISE?

@joe_sepi

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1999-2003

WINDY CITY WINS

▸ COBOL WILL SAVE US FROM Y2K

@joe_sepi

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HALF OF 2004

COMPANIES WILL PAY ME TO DO THIS?

▸ FIRST WAS WORST!

@joe_sepi

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2005

MIND BLOWN

▸ 2ND JOB:NEW MEDIA DIRECTOR ???

@joe_sepi

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2006

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ROEBUCK?

▸ BUILDING A CHRISTMAS LIST

@joe_sepi

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2008-2011

JOURNEYMAN - DONT STOP BELIEVIN'

▸ IAC - front end devLearned: how to build UI platform of microsites

▸ Skedge.me - front end devLearned: how to not run a startup

▸ Credit Suisse - front end dev consultantLearned: more than one dev built Google Docs

@joe_sepi

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2012

THE OLD GRAY LADY

▸ REPLATFORM WITH NODE?… NOPE.JS

▸ YEARS LATER… YES.JS!

▸ SO MUCH DEV REL, RAJIV!

▸ LES SAVY FAV - HIGH FIVE!

@joe_sepi

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2013

NEVER HAD LUCK WITH STARTUPS

▸ I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT 💰 ▸ I’M TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY

RUNNING A COMPANY ▸ YMMV

@joe_sepi

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2015

NET WORK

▸ What did I learn:

DIY JS framework teaches you a lot … the hard way

Leadership is critical

‣ Perfect job offer leads to perfect job offer (tautological?)

@joe_sepi

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2016

KNOW WHAT YOU WANT

▸ DEVELOPER RELATIONS ▸ REMOTE ▸ JAVASCRIPT/NODE.JS ▸ STILL CODING ▸ OPEN SOURCE ▸ GOOD COMPANY (LITERAL/FIGURAL)

@joe_sepi

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2017

YES.

▸ VERY HAPPY ▸ VERY FULFILLED ▸ VERY MOTIVATED ▸ VERY BUSY!

▸ ALSO: VERY FULL STACK, YAY!

@joe_sepi

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POSTGAME WRAP-UP

POTENTIAL TAKE AWAYS?

@joe_sepi

▸ Take on new challenges

▸ Everyone is unique

▸ Embrace your shortcomings

▸ Drive for diversity and quality

▸ Nurture community

▸ JavaScript is awesome

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TELL ME MORE

SO WHAT DO YOU DO ANYWAY?

DEV EVANGELIST:

▸ TALK ABOUT STUFF

▸ BUILD STUFF

▸ ORGANIZE STUFF

@joe_sepi

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TELL ME MORE

SO WHAT DO YOU DO ANYWAY?

DEV EVANGELIST:

▸ TALK ABOUT THINGS

▸ BUILD THINGS

▸ ORGANIZE THINGS

@joe_sepi

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DEMO TIME:

David Okun @dokun24

PARTY! @joe_sepi

LOOPBACK!

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API

ALL THE THINGS!

▸ My evangelist events ▸ Event tracker app ▸ My band gigs ▸ All my bands and their records ▸ Take my stuff, please ▸ Buy a car ▸ Tour Spiel ▸ LoopBack examples ▸ Pomodoro and time tracker ▸ Seltzer reviews

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THANKS!

Me |

MUCHO

Questions, comments, concerns: @joe_sepi