This was a great talk. We need more people learning to program through Clojure, that's the biggest driver for better documentation, tutorials and features that makes programming in clojure more friendly
I can relate as a woman in Clojure who got her first job as a Clojure dev in the field straight out of high achool, especially with the idea that it's not that hard to find Clojure jobs but you do need to be patient. I think I had at least a couple weeks where I heard back from almost no one and then suddenly started hearing back from multiple companies.
I can relate so much to most of the things Ewa mentioned. I've also been thinking about learning Clojure, but have been pretty scared to start because of the lack of job opportunities for Junior Devs (like myself). Today I woke up thinking I would give it a go anyway, and in my search for related videos I came across this one, which seems like the confirmation I needed to finally do it :D Great talk!
This is a really, really great talk! Entertaining, engaging, inspiring, and with some good takeaways both for others trying to get into this field and for the Clojure community to make it easier for new developers to get up to speed. Thank you!
My first take away is that you are a self motivated person who is internally organized and directed. My second take away is that you do not give up as easily as many do. My final take away is that you value learning and growing. All in all, I think you are likely to accomplish a lot, if you put your mind to it. This is far more important to your success than learning Clojure. Keep that same attitude with everything you do and life will reward you with far more opportunities than the average person. And congratulations!
Ewa has such a great personality and I really enjoyed the talk. I never get enough from listening to aspiring developers on their journey in the tech industry. It was truly eye-opening and inspiring.
I always had a feeling that I’m to chaotic deciding which programming language to make my life. Especially when had not succeeded anywhere. But this store realky inspired me
You are born to be a programmer! The passion you have is a scarcity amongst the self proclaimed programmers. If someone has such a drive, aiding them to learn Clojure is a cakewalk :)
I can relate to this so much it's actually painful, but I'm sincerely thankful that it was elucidated so well. If I could go back in time 5 years and pick a different language, I'm fairly certain I would be employed by now, but I honestly don't know if I would change anything because the value of what I've learned from being a part of the Clojure community is immeasurable. Even if I were to start all over with something else, I'd be a much better programmer simply from going down this path. But every time I try switching languages to get a job faster, something ends up pulling me back! (It's probably that darn REPL... why does it have to be so good?...) I read somewhere that the average experience of a Clojure developer is 10 years... so that means I'm likely halfway there. Wouldn't make sense to turn back now! I love how you highlighted the *value* of juniors - I believe that a team is truly sustainable when it consists of a diversity of experience levels. I really hope we can get there as a community.
I’ve toyed with Lisp language’s since college. I can see why people become infatuated with it. But I do not believe I could ever code in it as fast as I can in pretty much every “normal” language that currently exists. Clojure has the benefit of being interoperable with Java. That is the only thing that makes it feasible.
omg lol she tought she would find a job easier in python than clojure, this is like saying i wanted to be a formula one driver but i then i decided no lets first try drifting, that should be easier :D
This is sad. What a pile of garbage these languages and environments that we created. I'm sorry for the juniors out there, it didn't have to be this way and it's all our fault, the "seniors" who have no clue.
This was a great talk. We need more people learning to program through Clojure, that's the biggest driver for better documentation, tutorials and features that makes programming in clojure more friendly
Completely agree, the community needs to contribute more resources for Clojure as a first language
I can relate as a woman in Clojure who got her first job as a Clojure dev in the field straight out of high achool, especially with the idea that it's not that hard to find Clojure jobs but you do need to be patient. I think I had at least a couple weeks where I heard back from almost no one and then suddenly started hearing back from multiple companies.
I can relate so much to most of the things Ewa mentioned. I've also been thinking about learning Clojure, but have been pretty scared to start because of the lack of job opportunities for Junior Devs (like myself). Today I woke up thinking I would give it a go anyway, and in my search for related videos I came across this one, which seems like the confirmation I needed to finally do it :D Great talk!
Good luck!
Goodluck to us! I am also begining
This is a really, really great talk! Entertaining, engaging, inspiring, and with some good takeaways both for others trying to get into this field and for the Clojure community to make it easier for new developers to get up to speed. Thank you!
Thank you so much!
My first take away is that you are a self motivated person who is internally organized and directed.
My second take away is that you do not give up as easily as many do.
My final take away is that you value learning and growing.
All in all, I think you are likely to accomplish a lot, if you put your mind to it. This is far more important to your success than learning Clojure.
Keep that same attitude with everything you do and life will reward you with far more opportunities than the average person.
And congratulations!
Your comment motivates me
@@vikingthedude :)
Ewa has such a great personality and I really enjoyed the talk. I never get enough from listening to aspiring developers on their journey in the tech industry. It was truly eye-opening and inspiring.
I always had a feeling that I’m to chaotic deciding which programming language to make my life. Especially when had not succeeded anywhere. But this store realky inspired me
You are born to be a programmer!
The passion you have is a scarcity amongst the self proclaimed programmers.
If someone has such a drive, aiding them to learn Clojure is a cakewalk :)
Can you answer my question please?
Great talk, genuine talk, down to earth person. All the best for you.
I can relate to this so much it's actually painful, but I'm sincerely thankful that it was elucidated so well. If I could go back in time 5 years and pick a different language, I'm fairly certain I would be employed by now, but I honestly don't know if I would change anything because the value of what I've learned from being a part of the Clojure community is immeasurable. Even if I were to start all over with something else, I'd be a much better programmer simply from going down this path. But every time I try switching languages to get a job faster, something ends up pulling me back! (It's probably that darn REPL... why does it have to be so good?...) I read somewhere that the average experience of a Clojure developer is 10 years... so that means I'm likely halfway there. Wouldn't make sense to turn back now! I love how you highlighted the *value* of juniors - I believe that a team is truly sustainable when it consists of a diversity of experience levels. I really hope we can get there as a community.
Great presentation! 👏👏👏 Thank you for sharing lessons from your dev journey into Clojure! 😄
What an awesome talk! So inspiring. "Immutability saves my chaotic ass." 😃
Great presentation.
You are doing great, never give up 💪
That was a very impressive Präsentation. I ask myself, why learn this language, what are the benefits and how difficult it would be to learn?
Very nice presentation. I would agree that the step-up/step-in to Clojure is not as mature as it could be.
I’ve toyed with Lisp language’s since college. I can see why people become infatuated with it. But I do not believe I could ever code in it as fast as I can in pretty much every “normal” language that currently exists. Clojure has the benefit of being interoperable with Java. That is the only thing that makes it feasible.
can someone explain to me how do you get fixated on clojure when you havent used react, python or even javascript before? :D
It a great presentation, sorry for the clojurescript and react native part xD. with this attitude you'll be a great programmer. congratulations
Hahaha, thank you so much for everything, I've learned a lot and it was an important and huge step for me!
Czesc :)
omg lol she tought she would find a job easier in python than clojure, this is like saying i wanted to be a formula one driver but i then i decided no lets first try drifting, that should be easier :D
yeah you got the chaotic part necessary to be a developer alright
This is sad. What a pile of garbage these languages and environments that we created. I'm sorry for the juniors out there, it didn't have to be this way and it's all our fault, the "seniors" who have no clue.
Sorry to say, but this presentation was nothing more than a big joke...
Could you be more specific?
@Erik S Kinda rude to say, my guy
Okay can we see your presentation?
@Erik S You're the joke. The presentation was great.