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Coding is the
New Literacy
Code Day, December 2012

         Carter Rabasa
Sr. Developer Evangelist, Twilio
HELLO
I’M A GEEK
@CarterRabasa
github.com/crabasa
(206) 745-5000
carter@twilio.com
   Call Me, Maybe?
HACKING SINCE 1994
BACK IN THE DAY
YOUR OPTIONS WERE:
1. ENGINEER
2. ENGINEER
3. ENGINEER
“Engineer”
TODAY
YOUR OPTIONS:
1. ENGINEER
2. DEVELOPER
3. DEV/OPS
4. EVANGELIST
5. 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
                        CODE
Records    GEO Data




CODING & ANALYSIS
CODING EVERYWHERE!
THANKS!
QUESTIONS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jDh3mB-Ruw

http://www.twilio.com/conference/2011/video/fun-and-games-
with-twilio

http://about.me/rickyrobinett

http://www.livestream.com/nytechmeetup/video?clipId=pla_8b
03ead8-b68f-4f04-9744-2e0e85274b03

http://www.twilio.com/engineering/2012/10/01/becoming-an-
engineer




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Coding is the New Literacy

Editor's Notes

  1. Michael StopplemanVP Engineering at Yelphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jDh3mB-Ruw
  2. Ricky RobinettDeveloper at TargetSpothttp://www.twilio.com/conference/2011/video/fun-and-games-with-twiliohttp://about.me/rickyrobinetthttp://worldoffourcraft.com/http://fakegirlfriend.co/
  3. Bradley MeckDev/ops at NodejitsuDev/ops == creating tools as appropriate25Started in the egineering program but switched to CSCore contributor to Node.js
  4. 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)
  5. 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