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Programmer2.0
Fight the Recession
Reboot your career
(best viewed fullscreen)
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Programmer2.0
Excuses given by employers ...
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Programmer2.0
Your skillset is not complete
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Programmer2.0
“We have so many good applicants”
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Programmer2.0
“What makes you different?”
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Programmer2.0
What is special about you?
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Programmer2.0
What proves your expertise ?
... in this skillset?
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Programmer2.0
Can you show us some code?
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Programmer2.0
Technical questions about ...
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Programmer2.0
Skillset XYZ
Architecture
System design
Software development life cycle
Patterns
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Programmer2.0
Do you know about cloud computing?
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Programmer2.0
What's the latest
Microsoft / Oracle / J2EE
technology that you have worked on?
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Programmer2.0
Why is this pattern better than that?
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Programmer2.0
And a lots of other things ...
that your new employer
won't pay you to learn
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Programmer2.0
You're out of a job
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Programmer2.0
You have a ...
car loan
home loan
family (new family? )
Life sucks ...
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Programmer2.0
Maybe you could use
some legal juggling
to handle the loans
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Programmer2.0
And technology training ...
A skillset upgrade
for the next interview
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Programmer2.0
The job was easy
Everything came on a plate
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Programmer2.0
6:00 pm bus
Appraisal
Free food
Hotel stay
Paid travel
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Programmer2.0
Not any more.
Life has changed
Work has changed
Business has changed
IT has changed
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Programmer2.0
You're at home
Benched
Lost
Worried
Clueless
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Programmer2.0
But you DONT need to be
Helpless
Frustrated
Gloomy
Panicky
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Programmer2.0
Because web2.0 can “save your ass”
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Programmer2.0
But there's work to be done.
And things to be read.
And stuff to be studied.
...
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Programmer2.0
And code to be written ...
for free !
Yes, work for free.
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Programmer2.0
But this is work for yourself.
You're not a slave here.
You're not the boss here.
You're YOU.
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Programmer2.0
Don't make your company famous ...
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Programmer2.0
Make YOURSELF famous
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Programmer2.0
Get a hang of the new wave ...
Open source
Web2.0, Web3.0
wikinomics / crowdsourcing
The semantic web
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Programmer2.0
When you face the interviewer,
you must have more to tell
than he can understand...
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Programmer2.0
more possibilities to present than
he has been used to seeing...
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Programmer2.0
more skills to show
than he can ignore...
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Programmer2.0
more code to show
than he can expect...
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Programmer2.0
How many modules,
lines of code,
units,
programs,
have you written for employers?
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Programmer2.0
Get an estimate of all that code.
Use the same ratio ...
to get an estimate
of how much you can write
in the next 1 month.
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Programmer2.0
Now think of the problems
the apps in your previous jobs
did not solve yet
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Programmer2.0
Think of the business cases
Think of the limitations in the spec / FS
Think of the features you loved to add
Think of the features cancelled
Think of the bad user interface
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Programmer2.0
Now to the present world.
Think of the problems you see
all around you and in your domain
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Programmer2.0
Think of new domains:
healthcare
infrastructure
“rich” communication
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Programmer2.0
Energy crisis
Logistics
Mobility( functionally rich apps with a mobile phone interface )
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Programmer2.0
Who's still making money?
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Programmer2.0
Schools / Colleges / Universitie / Tutors
Doctors
Lawyers
Infrastructure companies
Clean / green energy companies
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Programmer2.0
Don't these people need software?
Core software?
Business software?
Web front-ends?
Intelligent front-end apps?
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Programmer2.0
We'll first talk about
the Business Software
because it's the easiest
to get started with...
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Programmer2.0
Helpdesk software
Intranet software
Financial software
Communications software
Platform software
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Programmer2.0
Who's got lots of money
and lives luxuriously
even today?
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Programmer2.0
Corporations
IT giants
Bosses of IT companies(big or small)
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Programmer2.0
What's the worst
that can happen
to a company?
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Programmer2.0
It changes verticals
It lays off people
It goes bankrupt
It shuts down
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Programmer2.0
What happens to
the top brass?
bosses?
shareholders?
investors?
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Programmer2.0
Do they face ...
a home loan?
a car loan?
a family to feed?
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Programmer2.0
NO
NO
NO
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Programmer2.0
Then they made sure
that they had more money safe
than you did.
This is business.
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Programmer2.0
What did you gain?
“good salary”
“job security”
“status”
cheap resume “credits”
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Programmer2.0
What's the money value of those things?
the real value?
the long term value?
value to you?
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Programmer2.0
Now you're ...
“out of a job”
“sh*t”
“laid off”
“unemployed”
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Programmer2.0
WRONG!
WRONG!
WRONG!
WRONG!
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Programmer2.0
You are FREE!
Free to polish your skills
Free to work on something you liked
Free to learn cool new stuff
Free to set up a shop of your own
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Programmer2.0
Google App Engine, GWT
Yahoo YUI, BOSS
Cloud computing: Azure, ZOHO, Sun, Aptana, Mosso,
Amazon, lots more.
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Programmer2.0
You have ...
Open source softwareLinux / OpenSolaris / BSD
Sourceforge / Freshmeat / Sarovar /BerliosSDN / dev.java.netApache / Codeplex
Cloud, mobile, multitouch
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Programmer2.0
The whole damn INDUSTRY
needs an upgrade to
new devices
new platforms
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Programmer2.0
So loads of work will come
not too far in the future
But ...
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Programmer2.0
Are you ready?
with the skills you need?
for a change in the way of working?
to churn out new apps in web2.0?
to write cloud computing apps?
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Programmer2.0
Here's your chance
to avoid the mistakes of last time
to get better at your craft
to make something new
and most importantly ...
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Programmer2.0
To convince your next employer
that you are better ...
better than what he expects
better than what he thinks
and good enough to solve his problems
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Programmer2.0
So get out there,
get a good internet connection,
get a hang of opensource,
get knowledge about software patterns
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Programmer2.0
Start your own project
Reuse good code that masters have written
Make web apps to solve real problems of people
Don't copy the concept,extend it, enhance it, perfect it.
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Programmer2.0
Join an opensource projectStudy the codeGet on to IRC
Ask people for adviceGet on to forums
Ask people questionsAnswer questions that others ask
Read the codeAdd useful things
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Programmer2.0
Learn to use ...CVSSVN
BugzillaLinux
(Ubuntu/Fedora/Mandrake/OpenSuSE/...)Java
(J2EE/Ant/Servlets/JSP/JSF/Struts/...)
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Programmer2.0
Learn to use
GoogleSearchApps
APIs ($$)
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Programmer2.0
Learn Linux, OpenSolaris, BSD, VirtualBox
to installto repairto script
to backupto support
You can become an ISV, VAR with a hardware seller
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Programmer2.0
After two months of hard work,you will know how to
deploy, support and maintain enterprise software
A group of friends / ex-colleagues can start a small company
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Programmer2.0
Don't aim to change the world on the very first project
Do a lot of cold-callingPick up a yellowpages
and
Call, Call, Call
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Programmer2.0
Out of 100 calls,
1 must give you work
to practise your new skills
without “losing your job”
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Programmer2.0
Learn to talk to the customer
Learn to handle different types of them
Note technical AND Logisticial problemsthey face in their business.
Then make new products and sell those
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Programmer2.0
This is hard work.
Not 9-7 and back home
Not dull, boring, routine
Very active, very social,
very enlightening
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Programmer2.0
Monopolies and corporationsshareholders and investors
bosses and board members ...
make a lot of money because they keep their knowledge current,
they keep their skillset current.
So why not you?
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Programmer2.0
You can be your own boss
you can be well off
but first you must work hard.
For the first two months,
learn, test, learn, test, learn, test
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Programmer2.0
The internet is your friend.
Server accounts are cheap or free.
Software is free.
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Programmer2.0
Don't sit and sulk,use these tools.
Learn the new stuff.Work right from home.
Call up businesses.Locally and globally.
Use VOIP, Social networking, Twitter.
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Programmer2.0
Get up and get cracking!
NOW!
Good Luck!