Digital Skills Summit 2014 @ Tech City

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At this 15 minute talk, Danny shared his digital journey, starting at the age of just 10 years old, and explain what Cyber-Duck does today, and how it does it. He will explain why designing for the web is awesome, looking at what exists today and what could be possible in the future. Finally, he will look at the sort of digital careers that could be out there in just 4-5 years from now!

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WHY ITS AWESOME TO WORK IN THE WEB DESIGN INDUSTRY

ABOUT ME

RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN

VIDEO WILL PLAY AFTER THIS SLIDE (OR VIEW LINK BELOW) http://www.cyber-duck.co.uk/web-and-mobile/responsive-web-design

OUR PROJECTS

WHERE ARE WE HEADING?

image from http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2014/05/21/google-glass-sweepstakes

SO WHAT SKILLS DO I NEED?

A DESIGNER !

1. Loves to research how people do things

2. Always tries more than one thing 3. Enjoys art, graphics, logo design,

animation or working with information

4. Empathic towards users

A DEVELOPER, DATA SCIENTIST OR QA PERSON !

1. Loves logic and riddles 2. Technically minded 3. Often thinks about data and what

to do with it 4. Enjoys dealing with repetitive

tasks and improving them

A MARKETER OR CONTENT PRODUCER !

1. Dabbles in design and coding 2. Loves writing content and/or

analysing trends and information 3. Always has ideas and doesn't stop

thinking about how to ‘sell’ things 4. Loves people

SUMMARY !

1. The best way to learn design, marketing or code is by doing 2. Going to university will only help you 3. Try and join relatives who work in offices to get experience