Coding is the New Literacy

Coding is the New LiteracyCode Day, December 2012

Carter RabasaSr. Developer Evangelist, Twilio

HELLO

I’M A GEEK

@CarterRabasagithub.com/crabasa

(206) 745-5000carter@twilio.com

Call Me, Maybe?

HACKING SINCE 1994

BACK IN THE DAY

YOUR OPTIONS WERE:1. ENGINEER2. ENGINEER3. ENGINEER

“Engineer”

TODAY

YOUR OPTIONS:1. ENGINEER2. DEVELOPER3. DEV/OPS4. EVANGELIST5. PLATFORM SUPPORT

ENGINEER

DEVELOPER

DEV/OPS

EVANGELIST

PLATFORM SUPPORT

YOUR CAREER ISN’T LINEAR

CS Student

Developer

Consultant

Entrepreneur

MBA Student

Product Manager

Evangelist

2017

BEFORE

AFTER

CODING & DESIGN

CODING & ANALYSIS

100k+User

RecordsIP AddressGEO Data

NODE.JSCODE

CODING EVERYWHERE!

THANKS!QUESTIONS?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jDh3mB-Ruw

http://www.twilio.com/conference/2011/video/fun-and-games-with-twilio

http://about.me/rickyrobinett

http://www.livestream.com/nytechmeetup/video?clipId=pla_8b03ead8-b68f-4f04-9744-2e0e85274b03

http://www.twilio.com/engineering/2012/10/01/becoming-an-engineer

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