East Boston Tech Meetup, October 12, 2017

1. Navigating a Career in
Web Technology
East Boston Tech Meetup
October 12, 2017
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2. My Story
as told in four chapters
1. How I got here
2. It’s what you know
3. It’s who you know
4. How I can help you
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3. How I got here
Chapter 1
● Formal education
● A career start
● More education
● A career restart
● A career reboot
● The Boston years
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4. 2006 - 2010
Boston University
Center for Digital
Imaging Arts (CDIA)
2011 - 2014
Contract Assignments
2012 - 2014
Boston University
Center for Digital
Imaging Arts (CDIA)
2010 - 2017
Boston PHP Meetup
2017
Maverick Landing
Community Services
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5. How I got here
Chapter 1
Job Search ... MLCS
● Indeed.com
● Target: three per day
● Time: eight weeks
● Total: 112 applications
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6. It’s WHAT you
know
Chapter 2
● Beantown Web
● Web Skills Work
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7. It’s WHAT you
know
Chapter 2
Virtual Self-Study Groups
● PHP Percolate
● jQuery jAM
● HTML5 Brunch
● Git Lunch
● Drupal Diner
● Agile Appetizer
● Angular Stew
● AWS Snack
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8. It’s WHO you
know
Chapter 3
● Boston PHP Meetup
● East Boston Tech
Meetup
● CDIA Alumni
● Eastie Coders
● WordTech Conference
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9. How I can help
you
Chapter 4
WHAT you know:
● Develop your technical skills
● Build a portfolio of projects
WHO you know:
● East Boston Tech Meetup
● LinkedIn
● Indeed
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10. How Can I Help You?
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