How to Gain Development Experience Without a Job

Experience

Job

You need a job to get experience

You need experience to get a job

Agenda

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Personal Projects

Open Source Contributions

Hackathons

Technical Content

Personal Projects

For your resume

Learn new technologies

For the community

For

fun!

Why make projects?

- Something you use, but tailored to your needs

- An app or website for a small business or club

- Remake something with new technologies

- An idea that you’re genuinely interested in

Project Ideas

Technologies to Use

Developer Roadmaps

Job Postings

- Does your tech stack make sense?

- Did you actually deploy your project?

- Is your project on Github?

- Does your project have real users?

Good/Complete Projects

- Don’t repeatedly make the same project

to-do list app = task tracker = notes app

- Use different technologies across projects

- Don’t overthink it

Things to Avoid

Volunteer Development

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Open Source Contributions

GitHub Open-Source Issues

Github: “good first issue”

Clubs at Carleton

cu

Hacking

Carleton Blueprint

CU InSpace

CU

Game Dev

CCSS Open Source Contributions

Project Board

Hackathons

uOttaHack

Hack

the Hill

Hack

the North

Hack the Tunnels

cuHacking

• limited time to make a project

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• working in a team

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• companies looking for talent

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• free food and prizes

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Technical Content

Questions?

Thank You!