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Oh, the Places You’ll Code!Oh, the Places You’ll Code!
Hour of Code, 2016Timberline PK-8
Who are you?Who are you?Wolf LoescherDirector of DevelopmentBrandpoint
● Father● Musician● Geek● Nerd
What’s a software developer?
What’s a software developer?
qa76.net
hanselman.com
What flavor are you?What flavor are you?CoderHacker
ProgrammerDeveloper
Computer Scientist
What flavoram I?What flavoram I?
Code Monkey
monkeyinfernolcom
What flavor are you?What flavor are you?Web
MobileGame
Enterprise
Who can be a software developer?
Who can be a software developer?
Wrote code for Apollo 11 mission that put a man on the moon
MargaretHamiltonMargaretHamilton
Check out her code on Github!Wikipedia, CC BY 2.0
Invented the first code compiler,
promoted to Rear Admiral, and has a
destroyer named after her
“Amazing” Grace Hopper
“Amazing”Grace Hopper
Wikipedia, CC BY 2.0
Started the GNOME, Mono, and Xamarin projects
Miguelde IcazaMiguel de Icaza
Wikipedia, CC BY 2.0
Co-founder of id Software: the guy
behind games like Quake and Doom,
and father of the first-person-shooter
JohnRomero
JohnRomero
Wikipedia, CC BY 2.0
AnybodyAnybody!
How can I become a software developer?
How can I become a software developer?
Many paths...Many paths...Self-Taught
On-the-Job Training
Vocational College
University
...many destinations!...many destinations!Business Owner / Entrepreneur
Consultant / Contract
Part-Time / Full-Time
Quick!Name one industry that doesn’t use software...
Quick!Name one industry that doesn’t use software...
Software is everywhere!Software is everywhere!
Kind of like the force.
What’s your average day like?
What’s your average day like?
Pros & ConsPros & Cons
● Good pay● Can work
anywhere, anytime● Any industry, any
level● Always learning
new things
● It’s never finished● There’s never one
right answer● Sometimes it
breaks and it’s not your fault!
Pros ConsPros Cons
datapine.com
When can I start?When can I start?
Right now!Right now!
Learn to code!Learn to code!Codecademy.comKhanAcademy.org
Code.orgAppInventor
UdacityCodeSchool
iTunesU
Questions?Questions?Email: [email protected]: @wloescher
