Reflections on my Project52

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

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1. Reflections from my #Project52 Aldo Ziflaj // @aziflaj OSCAL 2016
3. Project52 /prodʒɛkt fɪfti tuː/ an initiative to make one project every week, for 52 weeks (one year)
5. To get better
6. So I began
10. 24 weeks later, I have 14 projects
11. 24 weeks later, I have 14 projects What happened?
12. Reason #1 Studentness
15. Reason #2 Project Ideas
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
25. Issue #2 Not building usable things
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?