This talk is about how mobile app development disrupted the experience requirement for software developers and opened the doors for many successful youth developers who could learn the ropes quickly and become successful. In addition, I give resources for how youth can get started today learning to develop mobile games for themselves.

1. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Youth Opportunites
w/
Mobile Game Dev
Shawn Grimes

2. @shawng
Who Was I?
Help Desk
Web Developer
Database Admin
Network Engineer
Windows Server Admin
Linux Server Admin
Firewall and IDS Admin
Security Engineer
Security Architect
Mobile App Developer
Co-Author of 2 (soon to be 3) published
books
@DHFBaltimore

3. A Brief History of
Mobile Development
March 2008
January 2007
June 2007
Apple releases SDK
<100 Full Time
iPhone is released
to allow apps
Mobile App Developers
on iPhones

4. A Brief History of
Mobile Development
2011
5 colleges offering
courses in mobile
development
February 2012
300,000+
Mobile App Developers
So where did all
these developers learn?

6. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Mobile App Development
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Reset the formal requirement for education
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Anyone who could learn it quickly could become
successful
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More worth was put into what you’ve done instead of
where you went to school

7. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Start Today
You have no rent, no family to support, and no medical insurance to pay for. You have more free time now than you ever will. You can spend it sleeping
and playing video games. Or you can spend it learning to create your own video games.

8. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Case Study
Colin Francis
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Graduated HS in 2011
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Taught himself iPhone Dev
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Used the free Stanford courses in
iTunes U

9. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Colin Francis
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Currently in 2nd year of
college
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3 published books
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Job offer from Microsoft
and many more

10. @shawng
Naveen Sidhu
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Age: 19
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Self taught
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Started Pixel Cube Studios
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10 Mobile Games
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In 2010, most downloaded
free app, over 2 million d/ls
@DHFBaltimore

11. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Charlie Fish
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CEO: Images by Kids
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App-Whiz.com
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13 years old
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6 iOS apps in the App Store
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Self taught, started at 11

12. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Santiago Gonzalez
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Owner, Hicaduda
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14 years old
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12 iOS apps
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Has experience with 10 programming languages

13. @shawng
Bella
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11 years old
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Currently working on second
mobile game
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Started developing mobile
games this past summer
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14. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Other Disruptive
Technologies

15. @shawng
3D Printing
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January 2009, Makerbot
releases Thing-O-Matic
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Jobs created in 5 years?
@DHFBaltimore

16. @shawng
Darius McCoy
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16 years old
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3D Printing custom phone
cases
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Started his own company
called Frozen Lava
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Learned about 3D printing 6
months ago
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Has built 4x 3D printers in 6
months
@DHFBaltimore

17. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Where Is 3D Printing Going?
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Assistive Technology/Prosthetics
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Tools
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Customized/Individualized objects
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Clothing?
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Organs?

18. Aerial Robotics

19. Wearable Tech

20. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
“You are never stagnant. You are either
growing and maturing or falling behind.”
–Nick Selby

21. Learn How To Learn New
Things
Don’t be afraid of not knowing something.
Be confident that you can learn something when you need to learn it.

22. @shawng
Consume
@DHFBaltimore
<
Create

23. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Start a portfolio!!
On a job interview, I have never been asked where I went to college or even what degree I have…I am always asked what apps or software I’ve worked on
in the past or for samples of code that I’ve written.

24. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Time
The Path To Success
Effort

25. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Time
The Path To Success
Effort

26. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Tangible Tips
Explore open source programming
GitHub (great place for a developer portfolio to start)
Explore Linux (web servers, security and so much more)
Raspberry Pi
www.StackOverflow.com to help you find answers
Practice typing with high accuracy and high speed

27. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Getting Started
Mobile Tutorials
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www.RayWenderlich.com - so many tutorials!
Game Artwork
• www.VickiWenderlich.com
• art packs for games
• free to use w/ attribution
!
Audio
• www.soundjay.com

28. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
CORONA SDK
RESOURCES

29. @shawng
@DHFBaltimore
Corona Resources
!
CoronaLabs.com/resources
docs.coronalabs.com
BurtonsMediaGroup.com (Dr. Brian Burton)
PacktPub.com (Michelle Fernandez)
http://www.coronalabs.com/products/books
forums.coronalabs.com

30. @shawng
Getting Started
Digital Harbor Foundation
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Mobile Game Dev Course
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V2 to be released Jan 2014
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Pre-order now
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http://www.digitalharbor.org/
lab/course/mobile-gamedevelopment-v2/
@DHFBaltimore

31. @shawng
Who am I?
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A Technologist
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A Maker
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A life-long learner
•
@shawng
@DHFBaltimore