My Career Journey
Ryan Burgess@burgessdryan
Software Engineer Manager at Netflix@burgessdryan
Thought I wanted to be a web designer
We were doing table layouts
Flash games & applications
Legacy 5 year old codebase
Promoted to Front End Engineer Manager
Software Engineer Manager
Lead our Acquisition UI team
We build the Netflix signup flow
Cross-platformiOS, Android, TV, Website
Finishing school is only the beginning
Don’t try to learn it all at once
It’s ok to recreate ideasthat have already been done
Get involved in open source
Don’t be scared to ask for help
Attend events(meetups, conferences, workshops)
Follow conversations on Twitter