The Art of Side Projects

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Building side projects can be a great way to showcase your skills before you have work experience. For experienced people, it can be a great way to experiment, learn new skills and to build something that matters

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THE ART OF SIDE PROJECTS
codebar Helsinki • Juha-Matti Santala • August 31st 2019

HI, I’M JUHIS
Developer Community & Web Dev @ Futurice
Founder of Turku <3 Frontend
I build silly things on my free time
@hamatti in Twitter
from Helsinki, !
@hamatticodebar Helsinki

FIND YOUR OWN WAY
@hamatticodebar Helsinki

LEARN
EXPERIMENT
PORTFOLIO
JOB
@hamatticodebar Helsinki

CREATE
DISPLAY
SHARE
DISCUSS
@hamatticodebar Helsinki

1. SOMETHING YOU NEED
2. HELP A NON-PROFIT
3. REPLICATE EXISTING PRODUCT
@hamatticodebar Helsinki

1. MEETUPS
2. BLOG
3. SOCIAL MEDIA
@hamatticodebar Helsinki

“I don’t have work experience
but I have this side project
we can talk about”
@hamatticodebar Helsinki

WHAT DID YOU BUILD?
TALK ABOUT TECH CHOICES
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY?
@hamatticodebar Helsinki

@hamatticodebar Helsinki
https://thekanyestory.com/

GO CREATE STUFF!
@hamatticodebar Helsinki
@hamatti
https://futurice.com
https://hamatti.org
juhis@futurice.com

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The Art of Side Projects

1. THE ART OF SIDE PROJECTS codebar Helsinki • Juha-Matti Santala • August 31st 2019

2. HI, I’M JUHIS Developer Community & Web Dev @ Futurice Founder of Turku <3 Frontend I build silly things on my free time @hamatti in Twitter from Helsinki, ! @hamatticodebar Helsinki

3. FIND YOUR OWN WAY @hamatticodebar Helsinki

4. LEARN EXPERIMENT PORTFOLIO JOB @hamatticodebar Helsinki

5. CREATE DISPLAY SHARE DISCUSS @hamatticodebar Helsinki

6. CREATE @hamatticodebar Helsinki

7. 1. SOMETHING YOU NEED 2. HELP A NON-PROFIT 3. REPLICATE EXISTING PRODUCT @hamatticodebar Helsinki

8. DISPLAY @hamatticodebar Helsinki

9. @hamatticodebar Helsinki

10. @hamatticodebar Helsinki

11. @hamatticodebar Helsinki

12. SHARE @hamatticodebar Helsinki

13. 1. MEETUPS 2. BLOG 3. SOCIAL MEDIA @hamatticodebar Helsinki

14. DISCUSS @hamatticodebar Helsinki