A Flutter Journey:
Journey towards becoming a Flutter Developer
Growing Your Career as a Flutter Developer: Internship
& Job Trends in India and the World
GDSC IIST (Indore Institute of Science and
Technology)
Roman Jaquez
Flutter GDE / Google Cloud Certified Architect
GDG Lawrence Lead Organizer / Northeast Mentor
@drcoderz

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I Love Flutter
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Audience Prompt:
After work / studies, do you...?
+1 - Work on a side project
+2 - Just relax, forget about coding
+3 - A bit of both
+4 - Other things

Ambient
Computing

How to Learn
Flutter
Effectively

How to learn Flutter effectively
Sorry, there are
no shortcuts!
BUT!...

● Start small
○ i.e. Master Widgets and UI Layout, THEN BLoC, or
Riverpod
● Put something out there, iterate, get feedback, increment -
RINSE AND REPEAT
● Avoid over-engineering
● Mix videos, tutorials and codelabs
How to learn Flutter effectively (cont.)

BUILD,
BUILD,
BUILD
How to learn Flutter effectively (cont.)

How to Become a
Full-Time
Flutter Developer

Become an Advocate /
Self-proclaimed
Flutter Evangelist
How to become a Full-Time Flutter Developer

● Join a Flutter group
● Create your own!
● Invest time, put the work
How to become a Full-Time Flutter Developer

● Build your portfolio
● Github
● StackOverflow
● Contributions to the Community
How to become a Full-Time Flutter Developer

● Pitch it to your team
● Demo / prototype
● Pros and Cons vs Your existing solution
How to become a Full-Time Flutter Developer

Best Practices on
Developing
Flutter Apps

DO NOT
MARRY A
PACKAGE or
AN APPROACH!
Rather, treat every
project differently, while
Implementing core principles

● Implement Clean Architecture
● Implement Separation of Concerns
● Implement Widget Composition
● Limit the number of dependencies
● Do not overengineer your apps
Best Practices on Developing Flutter Apps

Clean Architecture in Flutter

Divide your
App
Structure
Into
Features

Job Trends in 2023
● Automation
● AI
● Digital Marketing
● Cybersecurity

Develop
T-shaped
Skills

Build Tech Skills Quickly
Through
Micro-credentials
BUT DON’T FORGET
TO BUILD STUFF AROUND THAT
SKILL TO PUT IT TO PRACTICE!!

Let’s address the elephant in the room ;)
ChatGPT and
Generative AI

Two essential skills for staying ahead of AI and
thriving in tech space:
Creativity and
Innovation

How you think
might be worth more
than what you know.

Leadership will never be replaced by AI
Put yourself in real-life
scenarios to practice
giving and receiving
feedback

To develop these skills:
“Emotional”
Pushups

https://flutter.dev/
https://dartpad.dev/
https://www.flutterbyexample.com/
https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/material/Icons-class.html
https://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2012/08/13/the-clean-architecture.html
Free Courses / Labs
https://www.udacity.com/course/build-native-mobile-apps-with-flutter--ud905
https://google.dev/pathways/beta/intro-to-flutter
https://codelabs.developers.google.com/?cat=Flutter
Flutter Badges (Cloud Boost Skills)
Flutter Development
Flutter Codelabs
From my portfolio site
Samples
https://github.com/flutter/samples/blob/master/INDEX.md
https://flutter.github.io/samples/#/
Resources

Resources (cont.)
Roman Just Codes
https://tinyurl.com/rjc-on-youtube
Portfolio
https://romanjustcodes.web.app/