Redux, Career advise for devs, and freeCodeCamp: The Monthly Dev #5

The Monthly Dev brings world-class speakers to empower the developers' community, once a month. Made with ❤️ by daily.dev.

Agenda

We're excited to announce our fifth event in this series with an awesome lineup of speakers! See details below.

1. Opening Remarks by Ido Shamun (Co-Founder, CTO at daily.dev)
2. Spark(AR)ing a New Career Path - Emma Twersky (DevRel at Google)
3. An interview with Quincy Larson (Teacher and Founder of freeCodeCamp.org)
4. Using Git for Version Control Effectively - Mark Erikson (Redux maintainer)
5. Wrap up
6. Afterparty on Twitter Spaces: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1mnxeazapRvxX

The event will be held in English and live-streamed via YouTube Live.

Starting time: May 25, 10 AM PST (SF) / 1 PM (NYC)

About the talks:

Spark(AR)ing a New Career Path by Emma Twersky (DevRel at Google):

We all started the first quarantine with lofty goals: personal website redesigns, learning new frameworks -- I wanted to learn how to make Instagram AR filters. Two months later, I was using that project to interview at Google. In this talk, I'll use my personal journey to make a case for leveraging passion projects into a career path, explore career paths outside of "SWE III" and talk about the benefit of trying things you might be bad at - including making an Instagram filter!

An interview with Quincy Larson (Teacher and Founder of freeCodeCamp.org)

In this session, Ido Shamun will interview the founder of freeCodeCamp on online learning, creating content for devs, the future of developer communities, and more.

Using Git for Version Control Effectively by Mark Erikson (Redux maintainer)

Version control tools are a key part of the modern software development workflow, and Git has become the standard version control tool for today's developers. Because of this, becoming comfortable with Git and knowing how to use it correctly is a key skill for any software developer.
In this talk, you'll learn how Git works and how to use it effectively. We'll cover:

• Fundamental Git terms and concepts, including how Git stores data internally.
• Standard Git commands and workflow
• Useful Git tools
• Intermediate to advanced techniques for improving your Git workflow and working with code history
• Recommended patterns and best practices for using Git correctly
  These concepts and tips will help you be more confident and productive when using Git.