Joe Healy - Students as App Publishers

Joe HealyMicrosoft

Developer Evangelistjhealy@microsoft.com

@devfish

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student app madness

• Students from Florida achieving great things • Publishing applications• Finalist in international contests• In the classroom workplace tenants like– Excitement– Drive– Perseverance

who am i

Joe Healy – Developer • Own the state of Florida for community

developer relations• 50 apps in Windows Phone marketplace• Author of SAMS Teach Yourself Windows

Phone Programming in 24 Hours• Time served with IBM, Andersen, EDS, Cap

Gemini back when I wore grown up clothes• Ran my own startup for a while• Yes, I’m old…

what is an evangelist?

what is an evangelist?

Florida Excitement

• Consistently Florida ranks in top states as producers of apps on both PRO and STUDENT levels

Portfolio Play

• Imagine an artist who goes to an interview without a portfolio

• Why a portfolio?• Pro dev? Surprised you didn’t get the job?

Apps!

resume

Resume helper

Portfolio Play

• Not a hard route to show viable product for mere mortals

• If you haven’t done apps, you’re not going to get a job in mobile

• No reason a student wanting to get a job in this industry can’t have apps out there

• I really don’t care what platform, if you’re interviewing with me, have some apps out there

Portfolio Tips

• Your portfolio represents you• Keep a paper portfolio with all your work• Tailor to each interview – 5 to 10 apps• Bring color copies of portfolio to leave

behind• If it’s a paid app, figure out a way to give

access codes• Show a variety of platforms and app types• Make the portfolio look professional• Have an online version as well

Innovators edge

• Windows 8 modern shell is new• Move away from iconographic to modern

design

Each student is an entrepreneur

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pray the rosary

Dots:.

Each student is an entrepreneur

…developer …publisher …ISV …brand maker… and that portfolio thing is now started

Call to Action

• Download GameMaker on Windows 8• Work through Catch-the-Clown• Write down all your game ideas• Publish a simple app• Students: start a Microsoft Developer Club for

your school. Facebook page works!

Windows Phone Game

MSFT and Students

DreamSpark – software for studentsCurriculum shares – courseware and suchImagine Cup – yearly student tech competitionEvangelist access in Florida – that’s meBizSpark

• Students who want to work in the industry should build their portfolio by publish their own apps

• Students – reach for some apps• Faculty – enable students• Microsoft is here to help

Resources

• Opening a developer account - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh868184.aspx

Thanks

• Developers, developers, developers• I live in Florida• Reach out

jhealy@microsoft.com@devfish