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Stand out from the herd
$ whoami
10+ years of key punchingCommunity involvedPeople personManagement oriented
CTO Zyrcle
Zyrcle
8 peopleapp-centric startup
● Backed by ENISA● Pre-selected for Lanzadera● Attending Startup Next by Google for
Entrepreneurs● Starting Embarca / Catalunya Startups● Competing at Sonar 2015
why?
disclaimer
Not uncommon
Tech/stack specialists “gangs”Tunnel visionDisregarding by defaultProne to conflict
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=477454
Work experience:● 30% 2-5 years● 20% less than 2 yearsEducation: ● 41% self-taught● 60% works side-projects less than 5 hours/week Community: forums, conferences, meetupshttp://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2015
Influences
The gaps
Online presence/visibility
LinkedInTech blogMedium storiesHomepage
The gaps
English
International teamsTelecommuting gigsGetting into a tech hub
The gaps
DevOps
Set up your tech stackSCM includes infrastructureVirtualization and containers are so hot
The gaps
Agile Scrum/XP
Leading roles manage processYou already have technical prowess
The gaps
Business
Lean Startup/AnalyticsIntrapeneurs are very valuable
Learning
Pet projectOfficial docs, tutorialsNoteworthy projects, common use casesConferencesLocal user groups
Be the change that you wish to see in the world
Don’t limit yourself or othersCollaborate in other areasQuestion assumptionsProvide objective argumentsKeep learning
be someone you’d like to work with
thanks!
References:The Interpreterhttp://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/04/16/the-interpreter-2Kyle Simpson - You Don’t Know JShttps://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS
