Decide your Next Steps

Let me help you to choose your path :-)

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1. Decide your next steps Niharika Senior Software Engineer, 1mg @theDroidLady Let me help you to choose your path
2. Why Software Engineering ?
3. Why Android Development ?
4. • 85% Indian Market Share • Huge Reach • Amazing career opportunities • Good Community outreach • Better support for becoming one of the best • And some amazing fun stuff..
5. • 85% Indian Market Share • Huge Reach • Amazing career opportunities • Good Community outreach • Better support for becoming one of the best • And some amazing fun stuff..
6. Your friend can be your next door help :) • Android Slack Groups. • Twitter is your best friend. • Android documentations is even easier than your college syllabus. • And yes, you as a user using multiple apps have already an idea about good designs. So, by default you are a UI Designer.
7. • 85% Indian Market Share • Huge Reach • Amazing career opportunities • Good Community outreach • Better support for becoming one of the best • And some amazing fun stuff..
8. • 85% Indian Market Share • Huge Reach • Amazing career opportunities • Good Community outreach • Better support for becoming one of the best • And some amazing fun stuff.. Build for the next billion users. Imagine the reach you might get.
9. Roadmap
10. • Start by understanding your interest.
11. • Start by understanding your interest. • Just fall in love with it. Rest all will fall in place for you.
12. • Start by understanding your interest. • Just fall in love with it. Rest all will fall in place for you. • And make sure just keep on asking questions as much as you can.
13. Desk Job vs Freelance
14. • There is no correct answer, depends on age, your need and interests.
15. • There is no correct answer, depends on age, your need and interests. • Begin by looking for something that might interest you, maybe be a customer first and then build with them.
16. • There is no correct answer, depends on age, your need and interests. • Begin by looking for something that might interest you, maybe be a customer first and then build with them. • Early age job should be your next university to teach you practical world knowledge.
17. • There is no correct answer, depends on age, your need and interests. • Begin by looking for something that might interest you, maybe be a customer first and then build with them. • Early age job should be your next university to teach you practical world knowledge. • Build upon it and and reach where you want to be.
18. Product vs Service Based
19. Few things you should consider • Learning Curve
20. Few things you should consider • Learning Curve • Work Life balance
21. Few things you should consider • Learning Curve • Work Life balance • Growth
22. Few things you should consider • Learning Curve • Work Life balance • Growth • Job Security
23. Few things you should consider • Learning Curve • Work Life balance • Growth • Job Security • Fixed Job Responsibility vs Multitasking
24. Few things you should consider • Learning Curve • Work Life balance • Growth • Job Security • Fixed Job Responsibility vs Multitasking • HOSTILE CULTURE
25. How to improve yourself?
26. • Choose the correct people around you.
27. • Choose the correct people around you. • Good Programming Practices and basic programming concepts like Solid Principles etc.
28. • Choose the correct people around you. • Good Programming Practices and basic programming concepts like Solid Principles etc. • Ask for feedbacks as much as you can..
29. • Choose the correct people around you. • Good Programming Practices and basic programming concepts like Solid Principles etc. • Ask for feedbacks as much as you can.. • Keep learning something new everyday.
30. • Experiment and learn things.It might break few things for you, but that will teach you wonders.
31. • Experiment and learn things.It might break few things for you, but that will teach you wonders. • It’s ok to FAIL. Best to learn something out of your failure and make it a chapter of your life.
32. • Experiment and learn things.It might break few things for you, but that will teach you wonders. • It’s ok to FAIL. Best to learn something out of your failure and make it a chapter of your life. • Take some time to refresh and set yourself for your goal.
33. • Experiment and learn things.It might break few things for you, but that will teach you wonders. • It’s ok to FAIL. Best to learn something out of your failure and make it a chapter of your life. • Take some time to refresh and set yourself for your goal. • Lastly, make your parents proud. Eventually that should be your goal.
34. “Be the master of your own destiny”
35. Where to learn from? Google It :P
36. • Android Developer Guide: https://developer.android.com/guide • Google Codelabs: https://codelabs.developers.google.com/ • Udacity : https://www.udacity.com/ • Mindorks : https://mindorks.com/ • Ray Wenderlich: https://www.raywenderlich.com/ • CodingWithMitch: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoNZZLhPuuRteu02rh7bzsw • Awesome Learning Resources https://github.com/androiddevnotes/awesome-android-learning-resources
38. Let’s Catch up • Github : https://github.com/Niharika2810 • Portfolio : https://thedroidlady.com/ • LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/thedroidlady • Medium : https://medium.com/@nik.arora8059 • Twitter : https://twitter.com/theDroidLady
39. Thank You! Niharika Senior Software Engineer, 1mg @theDroidLady