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why the tuxedo?

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GET /better

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about 3 years ago

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what can i do?

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how do i improve?

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how do i becomemore desirable?

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a quick story

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9 years later...

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how do you get tocarnegie hall?

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practice

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what does thishave to do with being a better

developer?

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EVERYTHING!

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being “better”is achievable

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but it involvesWORK!

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practice

network

itunes

write

perform

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code

network

github

blog

speak

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code!(practice)

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how do you get togoogle?

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practice

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contribute toother’s projects

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build yourown apps

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copy other’sapps

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build twitter

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build facebook

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the list is endless

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write tests foran existing library

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put it on github!

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github(itunes)

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put it on yourresume!

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contribute!

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post your open-source

projects

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fix issues foryour favorite libraries

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build your name

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build your style

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work in theirconstraints

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blog(write)

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improve communication

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improve documentation

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write about yourprojects

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dissect other’sprojects

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just write!

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speak(perform)

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name recognition

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learn new topics

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meet people

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free beer!

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network

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be an extrovert!

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next gig?

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new friend?

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learn something new!

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code

network

github

blog

speak

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is there a shortcut?

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@markbates

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