<p>I have been noticeably absent from my blog recently, but for good reason. I was honored when <a href="http://teachmetheweb.org/">Jeff Brown</a>, a teacher at Damascus High School, asked if I wanted to speak to the students in his advanced web class. I have always been interested in speaking about web development, so this seemed like a great first opportunity.</p>

<p>So basically, Mr. Brown has people in the industry come in and speak to his students every Friday. After looking at the <a href="http://teachmetheweb.org/index.php/tmtw/blog-article/spring_2009_guest_speaker_line_up/">list of other speakers</a>, I sure was nervous. I mean; I go to conferences to see some of these guys speak.</p>

<p>Mr. Brown has a great program going, and I was glad to be a part of it. He is one of the few teachers that actually teach about web standards and is a member of the <a href="http://www.webstandards.org/action/edutf">WaSP Education Task Force</a>. He also gave a presentation at <a href="http://refresh-dc.org/">RefreshDC</a> about web education the night before my presentation, that I unfortunately missed.</p>

<h2>My Presentation</h2>
<p>I decided to focus my presentation on my path through web development, some tips to become successful as a front-end developer, and then how to maintain that success.</p>

<p>I was pretty nervous, and I felt like I raced at times, but I think it turned out well. Mr. Brown has posted the <a href="http://teachmetheweb.org/index.php/tmtw/blog-article/guest_speaker_reactions_trevor_davis/">audio from the presentation</a> on his site.</p>

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 <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/davist11/become-a-productive-frontend-developer-continue-to-be-one?type=powerpoint">View Presentation: Become a Productive Front-End Developer &amp; Continue to be one</a>
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<p class="clearing">I would love to hear any feedback on the presentation, so let me know what you all think.</p>