My TopCoder Journey – How I Re-invented myself as a developer?

Gaurav Kheterpal@talesforce

AGENDA

Who am I?

How I landed on TopCoder?

The Journey So Far!

What’s in it for you?

What’s next?

Who am I?

BITS Pilani Alumni with 15 years of industry experience

Past stints include Sun Microsystems, Alcatel-Lucent, Siemens, Conexant

In love with technology and passionate about learning!

Mobile & Cloud Evangelist

Who am I?

How I landed on TopCoder?

How I landed at TopCoder?

Learn new technologies!

Brush up my existing skills!

Compete against the best of the best!

A bit of extra cash doesn’t hurt

The Journey So Far!

January 2012 – Signed up

Won my 1st challenge!

The Journey So Far!

January 2013 – 50 Wins

Learnt Swift, node.js, Improved existing Android, Objective-C, Salesforce Skills

Learnt there is more to PhotoShop beyond cropping images, developed a different perspective towards UI/UX

The Journey So Far!

January 2014 – 93 Wins

Learnt Ruby on Rails, ‘R’

Prize money – pay off loans, gadget frenzy and some noble causes

The Journey So Far!

Sep 2014 – Nominated to Community Advisory Board

The Journey So Far!

Nov 2014 – Won a Trip to TCO14 Finals

What’s In It for You?

Unparalleled Learning Opportunity

Compete with the best!

Polish your skills!

Break the barriers!

What’s Next?

Sign Up!

Start competing!

Do {Learn from the feedback!Try! Try! Try till you succeed}While (!success)

What’s Next?

Got Questions?

Thank You!