How Martial Arts Made Me a Better Programmer

Talk I gave at vienna.rb #25, focusing on how to implement the martial arts philosophy, learning process, and general practices to improve my programming skills.

Transcript

1. How Martial Arts Made Me A Better Programmer Laura Gaetano (@alicetragedy)
2. The idea of Martial Arts paired with programming isn’t revolutionary
3. కӂب Tae Kwon Do
4. Introducing a martial arts concept & finding its programming counterpart
5. Leave your worries at the door Tae Kwon Do
6. To learn to focus, remove all distractions Programming
7. If you can’t do it now, that’s okay. You will manage eventually. Tae Kwon Do
8. Break the process down into smaller steps Programming
9. Be a white page Tae Kwon Do
10. Allow yourself to learn Programming
11. The most basic moves can be the more difficult ones Tae Kwon Do
12. There is always room to improve, and no task is beneath you Programming
13. The power of muscle memory
14. The force of habit
15. Observation Reproduction Evaluation Creation
16. Watch Try Improve Make it your own
17. కӂب Tae Kwon Do
18. ৘੄ Courtesy ৏஖ Integrity ੋղ Perseverance ӓӝ Self-control ߔ੺ࠛҷ Indomitable Spirit
19. хࢎ೤פ׮ Thank you