I've been working on my course - Learn Programming with Go, One Game at a Time, for nearly a year & made many mistakes along the way.
Nevertheless, I finally published it & earned $2,158.25 in a month:
Here's what I've learnt along the way 👇
…Tag: presentation
This week, I was invited to lead the Fourth Blockchain Developers Meetup in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Blockchain Developers Meetup is a series of events organized by some awesome crypto enthusiasts at Hack.bg. So far, I've watched their other meetups about zero-knowledge proofs, dark DAOs, building AI-run economies and there are many more exciting events to come.
The topic I chose for my part was something you can hardly find in any book, tutorial or documentation - how to write solidity assembly in order to achieve high-performance smart contracts.
It was surprising to see over 20 people interested in such a deep technical topic, who even endured through the end.
Perhaps I could write an article, where I extract the content of that seminar due to the scarcity of such content around the internet.
Until then, though, you can check out my slide deck and you can also explore the code snippets I demoed during the meetup, which are included in the slide deck description.
Today, I am writing this article from my desk at Sofia, Bulgaria. But several days ago, I was saying goodbye to my new Filipino friends at Iloilo, Philippines.
I, along with my team at Kingsland University and Software University, just finished leading a one month immersive Blockchain Development camp there.
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The Blockchain Dev Camp, Iloilo, Philippines[/caption]
The experience was great. For both trainers and students.
Want to learn more? Read on.
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The Blockchain Dev Camp, Iloilo, Philippines[/caption]
The experience was great. For both trainers and students.
Want to learn more? Read on.
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SoftUnit Conference, Bulgaria is one of the largest tech conferences in Bulgaria. The event will be hosted on the 28 and 29 September at Paradise Center, Sofia. This year, I was invited to the conference as a Blockchain speaker.
The event is huge. There are more than 2000 attendees expected to come to this event. Also, the speakers front-line looks pretty well. Not because I am there, but because there are names which are some of the most well-known in the tech industry in Bulgaria.
And what am I speaking about? My talk is called "From Mining to Proof of Stake". This talk will be about the problems Mining imposes on the Blockchain industry and the world we live in. Unfortunately, it is the most widely spread consensus algorithm in cryptocurrencies nowadays. So what are the alternatives? Proof of Stake? What's that? How does it work? Why is it not massively adopted yet?
If you want to find out and you want to have a great time at an awesome event, come at the 28 September to Paradise Center, Sofia and I'll meet you there!
This week, I was invited to give a talk at Questers about the topic - Why should we bother presenting as developers?
The reason I gave this talk was because there is so much misunderstanding about the value we get from presenting as developers. You might think it is something totally unrelated to development, right?
After all, we are paid to write code, not talk about it. Instead of wasting time creating pretty slides, we can learn the new JS framework. That's totally better!
Presenting is something managers do. Professional speakers do. And... that's about it? Right? Right?
Well, actually. Presenting is something we all ought to do. Whether you are in software development, in sales or whatever. And in this article, you will learn what is the value of presenting for you as a software development professional.
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Over the past few weeks, I have been leading various presentations on the topic of "presentations" at Ocado Technology.
One of those topics was particularly interesting to the audience. Due to this, I was invited to lead it on a public Questers Tech Talk.
I am very happy to be able to present this topic to the open public as it is something I am quite passionate about.
The event will be held on 12th June (Tuesday, next week) in Questers office - "Henrik Ibsen" str. 17, Sofia.
So would you like to hear the gist of it?
Well, as we both know, developers normally don't care about presentations. Why don't we just stick to our code, right?
However, have you noticed who the most renowned developers are? Is it those who work the hardest? Or is there something else, which plays a big role?
In this presentation, I will explain why taking up presenting as a developer can help you skyrocket your career greatly!
No more spoilers, see you there!
Oh, and food and drinks are on us. You just bring your enthusiasm and curiosity.
"Future is Code" is an initiative aimed to inspire the young people of Bulgaria to start learning programming by showing them how cool it is. Professionals from the IT industry usually go to their schools from their hometowns and make a 45 minute presentation on a topic of their choice.
Last year, I have visited more than 20 schools throughout the country and led various presentations in front of varied audiences. Next week, I am starting this initiative again.
I want to share with you my experience on this journey, what problems I have faced and how I have resolved them and tell you how you can take advantage of such an opportunity.
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WordCamp is an annual WordPress community event organized in cities all over the world. Professionals from the WordPress world come and share some great content about development, blogging, soft skills and more.
I will be making an appearance at WordCamp Sofia. I am extremely honored to speak on the biggest community WordPress event in Bulgaria. The date is 11th November, Arena Mladost Hall, Sofia.
My presentation is The Productive Developer. We will see what are the bottlenecks to our productivity and what are the solutions to them. But apart from that, we are going to explore some great tools and techniques that will help you not simply discover where your productivity gaps are, but systematically solve them! And the best thing about these tools is that you can start applying them right now.
I am looking forward to meeting and connecting with great people on WordCamp Sofia, 2017.
Going to the conference yourself? Then just let me know and contact me. I would be happy to chat and see you on the 11th of November at Arena Mladost Hall, Sofia.
Stay tuned for further news and updates about upcoming slides & video.
Monterey, California hosts the great conference called TED every year. Some of the greatest speakers from all over the world gather and share "Ideas worth spreading". But independent TED events are being organised all over the world with the abbreviation of TEDx.
Plovdiv, one of the greatest cities in Bulgaria, is hosting a TEDx event for the first time in its history. I cannot describe how excited I am to be part of some great speakers on this event.
On April 23, I will share my philosophy about why blaming others stops your growth. It is a lesson I have learned while playing one of the most popular games nowadays (It was popular when I was playing it too) - League of Legends.
I am looking forward to attending this great event with great enthusiasm and I can't wait to meet all the great people there!
EDIT: This was a great event and I enjoyed meeting cool people with amazing stories. My talk also came out in YouTube recently and you can watch it here:
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