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Coding is the New Literacy

by Carter Rabasa on Dec 29, 2012

This is the keynote talk given during CodeDay Seattle (December 2012).

This is the keynote talk given during CodeDay Seattle (December 2012).

http://seattle.codeday.org

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Michael StopplemanVP Engineering at Yelphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jDh3mB-Ruw
Ricky RobinettDeveloper at TargetSpothttp://www.twilio.com/conference/2011/video/fun-and-games-with-twiliohttp://about.me/rickyrobinetthttp://worldoffourcraft.com/http://fakegirlfriend.co/
Bradley MeckDev/ops at NodejitsuDev/ops == creating tools as appropriate25Started in the egineering program but switched to CSCore contributor to Node.js
John BrittonDropped out of college to start his own (P2P U)One of the first developer evangelists at Twiliohttp://www.livestream.com/nytechmeetup/video?clipId=pla_8b03ead8-b68f-4f04-9744-2e0e85274b03 (~850 people)
Renee ChuSupport at Twilio means understanding our API and our customer’s codeMoved to Engineering ~3 months agohttp://www.twilio.com/engineering/2012/10/01/becoming-an-engineer

Coding is theNew LiteracyCode Day, December 2012 Carter RabasaSr. Developer Evangelist, Twilio
HELLO
I’M A GEEK
@CarterRabasagithub.com/crabasa(206) 745-5000carter@twilio.com Call Me, Maybe?
HACKING SINCE 1994
BACK IN THE DAY
YOUR OPTIONS WERE:1. ENGINEER2. ENGINEER3. ENGINEER
“Engineer”
TODAY
YOUR OPTIONS:1. ENGINEER2. DEVELOPER3. DEV/OPS4. EVANGELIST5. PLATFORM SUPPORT
ENGINEER
DEVELOPER
DEV/OPS
EVANGELIST
PLATFORM SUPPORT
CS Student Consultant Developer Product Manager Entrepreneur MBA Student Evangelist YOUR CAREER ISN’T LINEAR
2017
BEFORE
AFTER
CODING & DESIGN
100k+ NODE.JS User IP Address CODERecords GEO DataCODING & ANALYSIS
CODING EVERYWHERE!
THANKS!QUESTIONS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jDh3mB-Ruwhttp://www.twilio.com/conference/2011/video/fun-and-games-with-twiliohttp://about.me/rickyrobinetthttp://www.livestream.com/nytechmeetup/video?clipId=pla_8b03ead8-b68f-4f04-9744-2e0e85274b03http://www.twilio.com/engineering/2012/10/01/becoming-an-engineer LINKS