get out of the crowd - herzing college - 2014-04-24

get  out  of  the  crowd

Frédéric Harper

Herzing College – Montréal, Canada - 2014-04-24

Sr. Technical Evangelist @ Mozilla

@fharper http://outofcomfortzone.net

today’s goals

insights on how to get out of the crowd

answer all your questions

talk (a little) about my career

first, my story

analyst programmer in a small company

software architect in a startup

my own boss

Technical Evangelist at Microsoft

Sr. Technical Evangelist at Mozilla

my actual job

ü  Flexible schedule

ü  Work at home

ü  Good salary

ü  Travel all around the world

ü  Great network

ü  Interesting, and creative responsabilities

ü  No dress code

ü  Fine line between passion, and working

ü  …

the industry is looking for you

creative

Sherlock Holmes

learning

team player

challenges

wants to work

the problem

you are not alone

getting a new gig

a sumo fight

get out of the crowd

define your goal

create something

Open Source projects

StackOverflow

play with new technologies

speak at & assist to conferences

hackathons & contests

network

http://yuldev.ca

if you aren’t on Google…

start a blog

be on social media

LinkedIn

personal branding

http://book.outofcomfortzone.net

at the end…

many possibilities

think big

be authentic

To infinity, and beyond…

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Frédéric Harper

fharper@oocz.net

@fharper

http://outofcomfortzone.net