Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
Level Up Your Career - PHP South Africa Keynote
Search
Ben Edmunds
September 28, 2017
Technology
0
800
Level Up Your Career - PHP South Africa Keynote
Ben Edmunds
September 28, 2017
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Ben Edmunds
See All by Ben Edmunds
Longhorn PHP 2021 - Passing the Technical Interview Workshop
benedmunds
0
94
DevOpsDays Boston 2020 - Passing the Technical Interview
benedmunds
0
49
Midwest PHP 2020 - Web Scale System Design and Architecture
benedmunds
1
110
Modern and Secure PHP (SoutheastPHP 2018)
benedmunds
0
78
Modern PHP, Standards, and Community (phpDay 2017)
benedmunds
1
790
Lone Star PHP 2017 - More Than Just a Hammer
benedmunds
0
480
Lone Star PHP 2017 - Your API is Bad and You Should Feel Bad
benedmunds
0
190
Intro to Laravel 5
benedmunds
1
450
Modern PHP, Standards, and Community
benedmunds
2
560
Other Decks in Technology
See All in Technology
I could be Wrong!! - Learning from Agile Experts
kawaguti
PRO
8
3.3k
コロプラのオンボーディングを採用から語りたい
colopl
5
950
Copilotの力を実感!3ヶ月間の生成AI研修の試行錯誤&成功事例をご紹介。果たして得たものとは・・?
ktc_shiori
0
340
実践! ソフトウェアエンジニアリングの価値の計測 ── Effort、Output、Outcome、Impact
nomuson
0
2k
Godot Engineについて調べてみた
unsoluble_sugar
0
370
自社 200 記事を元に整理した読みやすいテックブログを書くための Tips 集
masakihirose
2
320
GeometryReaderやスクロールを用いた表現と紐解き方
fumiyasac0921
0
100
2025年の挑戦 コーポレートエンジニアの技術広報/techpr5
nishiuma
0
140
あなたの知らないクラフトビールの世界
miura55
0
120
AWS Community Builderのススメ - みんなもCommunity Builderに応募しよう! -
smt7174
0
170
完全自律型AIエージェントとAgentic Workflow〜ワークフロー構築という現実解
pharma_x_tech
0
330
AWS re:Invent 2024 recap in 20min / JAWSUG 千葉 2025.1.14
shimy
1
100
Featured
See All Featured
Producing Creativity
orderedlist
PRO
343
39k
I Don’t Have Time: Getting Over the Fear to Launch Your Podcast
jcasabona
30
2.1k
The Success of Rails: Ensuring Growth for the Next 100 Years
eileencodes
44
7k
Java REST API Framework Comparison - PWX 2021
mraible
28
8.3k
A better future with KSS
kneath
238
17k
The Myth of the Modular Monolith - Day 2 Keynote - Rails World 2024
eileencodes
19
2.3k
[RailsConf 2023 Opening Keynote] The Magic of Rails
eileencodes
28
9.2k
CSS Pre-Processors: Stylus, Less & Sass
bermonpainter
356
29k
Done Done
chrislema
182
16k
Designing for Performance
lara
604
68k
Statistics for Hackers
jakevdp
797
220k
Site-Speed That Sticks
csswizardry
2
270
Transcript
Level Up Career your
Who is this guy? Who is this guy? Ben Edmunds
@benedmunds http://benedmunds.com
Who is this guy? Who is this guy? Ben Edmunds
Open Source Author PHP Town Hall Podcast CTO at Mindfulware
None
Communication
Communication IS KING
Co-Workers
None
Empathy Co-Workers
Work Hard Co-Workers
Clarify Repeat Repeat Co-Workers
Constructive Code Reviews Co-Workers
Lend a Hand Co-Workers
Golden Rule Co-Workers
Confront Issues $frustration++ Co-Workers
Allies Co-Workers
Bosses
None
Direct Boss Management etc… Bosses
What are you doing? Bosses
Roadblocks Bosses
Burn Out Bosses
Stop Burn Out Bosses
Bad Boss Bosses
Quit! Bosses
Clients
None
All of the Above Clients
Communication is even more important Clients
Clarify / Repeat What You’re Doing Allies Clients
Negotiation Clients
Be their Secret Weapon Clients
Solutions Clients
Excelling
Excelling
None
Don’t? Excelling
Volunteer Take Responsibility Excelling
High Visibility Quality Demos Excelling
Learn Convey Ideas Convince Excelling
Docs Excelling
GET SHIT DONE Excelling
Say NO Excelling
Specialize
Become the Expert Specialize
New Tech Specialize
Career Progression
Career Progression Jr -> Mid -> Sr -> Lead ->
Architect / Principal
Career Progression Jr -> Mid -> Sr -> Lead ->
Management
Management != Dev++ Career Progression
Open Source
None
Create the next Rails ??? Profit Open Source
Developer = Bad User Open Source
PRSTFU Open Source
Recruit Delegate Open Source
Get Started Docs Open Source
Issues Features Open Source
Appreciate Feedback Say NO Open Source
Open Source Guilt Open Source
Have fun! Open Source
Q/A TIME! Ben Edmunds @benedmunds http://benedmunds.com
Resources
None
GuiltTrip.io
Thanks! @benedmunds http://benedmunds.com joind.in/talk/33603