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Reflections on my Project52

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May 14, 2016
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Reflections on my Project52

A presentation on my Project52 for Open Source Conference Albania (OSCAL) 2016

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Aldo Ziflaj

May 14, 2016

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Transcript

  1. Reflections from my #Project52 Aldo Ziflaj // @aziflaj OSCAL 2016

  2. None

  3. Project52 /prodʒɛkt fɪfti tuː/ an initiative to make one project

    every week, for 52 weeks (one year)
  4. None

  5. To get better

  6. So I began

  7. None
  8. None
  9. None

  10. 24 weeks later, I have 14 projects

  11. 24 weeks later, I have 14 projects What happened?

  12. Reason #1 Studentness

  13. None
  14. None

  15. Reason #2 Project Ideas

  16. None

  17. Reason #3 Secret Side Projects

  18. Reflections

  19. Studentness? Can’t help with that...

  20. Studentness? Can’t help with that... Ideas? Follow workshops, online tutorials,

    read books

  21. Studentness? Can’t help with that... Ideas? Follow workshops, online tutorials,

    read books Side projects? Make them part of Project52

  22. Issue #1 Too many technologies

  23. Jack of all trades, master of none, though oftentimes better

    than master of one - found in Wikipedia
  24. None

  25. Issue #2 Not building usable things

  26. None

  27. Code Katas

  28. Project52 allows me to: learn new technologies Code Katas

  29. Project52 allows me to: learn new technologies make small projects

    Code Katas

  30. Project52 allows me to: learn new technologies make small projects

    share the results Code Katas

  31. Shhhhhhh*t! Did I finish this presentation?