{"id":9388,"date":"2016-11-07T18:11:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T10:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=9388"},"modified":"2017-02-28T16:13:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T08:13:08","slug":"devfutureforward-devcon-summit-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/11\/07\/devfutureforward-devcon-summit-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"#DevFutureForward: DevCon Summit 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The country\u2019s biggest developer conference came back for its 6th<\/sup> year with the idea of bringing the future of development closer to the country\u2019s developer community. Held annually by Developers Connect (DevCon) Philippines, an organization that empowers Filipino developers and promotes \u201cIT Pinoy Talent\u201d, DevCon Summit <\/strong>is a 2-day event that gave its participants a unique look into the future of development and the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

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It was an exciting Day 1 for DevCon Summit 2016, held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. \u00a0Filled with games, keynote speeches, panel discussions, and special talks that catered to mobile development, Internet of Things, and UX & Game Development, here\u2019s everything that went down during Day 1 of DevCon Summit 2016:<\/p>\n

The Panel Discussions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two panel discussions were held during Day 1 of DevCon Summit 2016.<\/p>\n

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BEST PRACTICES IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT. Industry veterans shared their experiences when it comes to being an IT professional in the Philippines. From left to right: Raymund Vidar, Manager of Financial Technologies Software Development for Voyager Innovations; Allan Barredo, Chief Technical Officer for Titanium Technologies; and Joshua Arvin Lat, Director for Software Development and Engineering at DealGrocer<\/em><\/p>\n

Current and future IT professionals (at least a tenth of the participants were students) got tips and stories from some of the best in the country\u2019s fast-growing ICT industry when they shared their best practices in software development.<\/p>\n

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REDISCOVERING DEVELOPER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES. Want to get hired as an IT professional? This talk gave the most insight in terms of what employers were looking for. From left to right: Paul Pajo, Developer Evangelist of Smart DevNet; Anne Bernardo, Accenture Recruitment Specialist; Fred Tshidimba from ICTJob.ph; Katherine Anne Ricafort, Assistant Recruitment for Personiv; and Judith Tubil, Head of Human Resources for Yondu. The panel was moderated by Alvin Sapinoso, Sales Director of ICTJob.ph<\/em><\/p>\n

All the would-be IT professionals, i.e. graduating students taking up Information Technology, Computer Science, and Information Systems, got a taste of what they should be focusing on just before graduation. A lot of information about what the Philippine ICT industry needs was given out, but the most important was what hiring managers were looking for. Everyone really took down notes during this talk.<\/p>\n

The Keynotes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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BRYAN BIBAT, DevCon President<\/em><\/p>\n

DevCon President Bryan Bibat opened the day with an introduction to DevCon and how it has helped the local development and IT community grown as a whole, rather than being confined in schools.<\/p>\n

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WINSTON DAMARILLO, DevCon Founder<\/em><\/p>\n

Winston Damarillo, one of the founders of DevCon, spoke about how DevCon has been leading the Philippine Digital Transformation. He also spoke about how IT professionals should look to build their careers, especially in the fields of \u201cBig Data\u201d or data analytics.<\/p>\n

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JOEY GURANGO, Managing Director of Gurango Software<\/em><\/p>\n

Joey Gurango, a long-time developer and IT expert, stressed the importance of producing quality coders in bunches, especially with the impending decline of college freshmen in the next two years. He also stressed the importance of knowing which field to focus on. Recent trends have given a rise to IT graduates, while Computer Science, the preferred degree for coders, has taken a backseat, as seen during PROXOR assessments.<\/p>\n

PROXOR is an international measurement of \u00a0how \u201cconfident\u201d someone is with his or her coding skills, split into 4 levels, ranging from PROXOR 1 (very confident) to PROXOR 4 (entry-level coder).<\/p>\n

\"img_1568_marked\"CHRIS RUIZ, CEO & Technical Creative Director of Xelzeta Studios<\/em><\/p>\n

A man known and loved by most of the participants for his work on Ragnarok Online and other hit massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs), Chris Ruiz gave everyone a talk about game development, putting an emphasis on using Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in developing your games or applications.<\/p>\n

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ANDRE MARCELO-TANNER, Director of Technology, Examine.Com<\/em><\/p>\n

In the ever-expanding world of the internet, Andre Marcelo-Tanner took the time to show everyone a new way of managing your servers or setting up an infrastructure: TERRAFORM by HashiCorp. It\u2019s a new way of maintaining your servers \u2013 all with just a few lines of code.<\/p>\n

\"img_1755_marked\"MONCHITO IBRAHIM, Program Director for the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)<\/em><\/p>\n

Saving the best for last (albeit unintentionally), Mon Ibrahim gave a talk about how the government is planning to improve the country\u2019s ICT through the DICT. It was a highly engaging talk as he spoke about the government\u2019s plans to improve the ICT landscape.<\/p>\n

Some of the projects he spoke about were:<\/p>\n