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
personal branding
http://book.outofcomfortzone.net
at the end…
many possibilities
think big
be authentic
To infinity, and beyond…
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