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<h2>UB Talk | Fall 2017</h2>
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<span style="font-size:124px">Your Industry</span>
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<h3>Michael Canzoneri (@mikecanz)</h3>
<h4>IVR/Argyle Technology Group</h4>
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This talk has 4 parts:<br>
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<span class="incremental"><li>Part 1: My (not too long) Story<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Part 2: Things I've learned that might be useful.<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Part 3: The Buffalo Tech Community<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Part 4: What you should go read/watch when you leave here.<br></li></span>
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<br><br><br>Part 1:<br><br>My (not too long) Story
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<br><br><br>Why I use a lot of names.
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<img src='pix/bio2.png' width="90%">
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<br><br><br>FSA IT @ UB<br><br>Student Programmer<br>(5 people)
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Takeaways:<br>
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<span class="incremental"><li>Get that first job ASAP!<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>System administrators are not created equal.<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>You can really have a great impact on people's lives.<br></li></span>
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<br><br><br>Nexserver PSG<br><br>Developer / All The Things<br>(8-15 people)
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<span class="incremental"><li>Deals fall through<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Taking on work is a huge commitment.<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Taking on work is a huge time investment.<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>It's really easy to have moderate success...<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>...and then explode!<br></li></span>
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<br><br><br>360 PSG<br>(4 people)
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Takeaways:<br>
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<span class="incremental"><li>Starting up sucks like getting punched in the face sucks.<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Authority isn't given, it's taken.<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>That's because authority is a claim on accountability.<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Be ok with being poor.<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>You can and will do every job and fill every role.<br></li></span>
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<br><br><br>M&T Bank<br><br>Operations Analyst<br>(5 person team)
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<br><br><br>Big companies have bad titles.
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<span class="incremental"><li>Harder to make a big impact.<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Great place to work.<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Easy to get stuck.<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Not such a great place to grow (fast).<br></li></span>
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<br><br><br>Synacor<br><br>Release Engineer / Lead Systems Engineer<br>(135 - 300 people)
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<br><br><br>What's a Release Engineer?
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Takeaways:<br>
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<span class="incremental"><li>Market crashes are terrible!<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Going public is AWE$OME!<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Going public is TERRIBLE!<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>"Culture is the legacy of leadership." - Not Me<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>It's about the people.<br></li></span>
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<br><br><br>Argyle Technology Group<br><br>Founder<br>(10 people)
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<br><br><br>IVR Technology Group<br><br>CTO<br>(45 people)
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<span class="incremental"><li>Don't start a company.  It's a terrible plan and almost never works!<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Education is expensive<br></li></span>
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<br><br><br>Part 2:<br><br>Things I've learned that might be useful.
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<br><br><br>College Major vs Company Title/Role
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<br><br><br>We create value by willing it into existence.
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<br><br><br>The people are what matters.
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<br><br><br>Most good developers never apply for a job.
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<br><br><br>Poor performers don't slow you down...<br>...they stop you.
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<br><br><br>Marketability of your skills
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<br><br><br>Every task or project has that one thing that nobody thought of.
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<br><br><br>"The true sign of expertise is error recovery not failure avoidance."<br>- Pixar's Randy Nelson
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<br><br><br>10 years of experience is not the same as 1 year of experience 10 times.
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Our industry has a history that you should be familiar with:<br>
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<span class="incremental"><li>Douglas Engelbart<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Alan Kay<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Danny Hillis<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>John McCarthy<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Again, it's about the people!<br></li></span>
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<br><br><br>Part 3:<br><br>The Buffalo Tech Community
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<span class="incremental"><li>Z80 Labs (z80labs.com)<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>43North (43north.org)<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Dig Buffalo (digbuffalo.org)<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Cowork Buffalo (coworkbuffalo.com)<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Startup Weekends<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>BarCamp Buffalo<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Hackathons<br></li></span>
<span class="incremental"><li>Again, it's about the people!<br></li></span>
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<br><br><br>nextplex.com/buffalo-ny
<br><br>buffalotechguide.com
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<br><br><br>We've come a long way.
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<br><br><br>All of the roles in a community are needed.
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<br><br><br>Part 4:<br><br>What you should go read/watch when you leave here.
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Videos:<br><br>
<a style="color:green" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JENdgiAPD6c">Email Hates the Living - RJBS</a>
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<a style="color:green" href="http://vimeo.com/16287115">(History of) Real Software Engineering - Glenn Vanderburg</a>
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<a style="color:green" href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Developing-Expertise-Dave-Thomas">Herding Racehorses, Racing Sheep</a>
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<a style="color:green" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oonXT-gYjU">Doing with Images Makes Symbols - Alan Kay</a>
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<a style="color:green" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhXJe8ANws8">Pixar's Randy Nelson on the Collaborative Age</a>
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<a style="color:green" href="http://vimeo.com/22053820">F*ck You. Pay Me.</a>
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Books:<br><br>
Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology (James R. Chiles)
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The Cathedral and the Bazaar (Eric S. Raymond)
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Design Is A Job (Mike Monteiro)
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Founders at Work (Jessica Livingston)
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The Design of Everyday Things (Donald A. Norman)
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Links:<br><br>
<a style="color:green" href="http://blakemasters.tumblr.com/peter-thiels-cs183-startup">Peter Thiel's CS183: Startup Notes</a>
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<a style="color:green" href="http://www.feld.com/wp/">Feld Thoughts</a>
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<a style="color:green" href="http://www.avc.com/">A VC - Fred Wilson's Blog</a>
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<a style="color:green" href="http://paulgraham.com/articles.html">Paul Graham's Essays</a>
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<br><br><br>If you need help send me an email!<br><br>mikecanzoneri@gmail.com
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<br><br><br>This presentation is in git and on github<br><br>https://github.com/mikecanz/s5_presentations
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