1UP! Level up your development career

The shit I wish I knew ten years ago. This was presented at RubyConfLT 2015 - Vilnius, Lithuania.

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1. 1UP
   LEVEL UP!
   @BENLOVELL - RUBYCONF.LT 2015
   

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3. LAME!
   BABY MARIO
   

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5. 1UP
   

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6. THE THINGS I WISH I
   KNEW TEN YEARS AGO
   

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7. @BENLOVELL
   

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8. LONDON
   

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9. LONDON
   

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10. LONDON
    

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12. PSA: DON'T STARE INTO THE ECLIPSE
    

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16. URBAN LEGENDS
    

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20. LANGUAGE
    ZEALOTRY
    

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21. FANATICAL AND
    UNCOMPROMISING
    PURSUIT OF RELIGIOUS,
    POLITICAL, OR OTHER
    IDEALS
    

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34. THERE ARE THREE
    HARD PROBLEMS
    IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
    

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35. CACHE INVALIDATION
    

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36. NAMING THINGS
    

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37. DHH
    

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39. SPOT A TREND?
    

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40. IT'S NOT THE...
    

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41. LANGUAGE
    

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42. FRAMEWORK
    

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43. EDITOR
    THAT'S EASY, USE VIM
    

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44. OPERATING
    SYSTEM
    

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45. THEY'RE ALL EQUALLY
    SHIT
    

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46. THEY'RE ALL EQUALLY
    AWESOME
    

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47. IT'S WHAT
    YOU DO
    THAT COUNTS
    

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48. DISCOVER YOUR
    PASSION
    

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49. FIND WHAT MOTIVATES
    YOU
    

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50. BE
    T
    SHAPED
    

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51. NOT MISTER T. SUCKAS
    

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52. DEPTH
    AND
    BREADTH
    

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53. SPECIALISM IS GOOD ⭐
    

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54. GENERALISM IS GOOD ⭐
    

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55. TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
    

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56. FEEL
    STUPID
    

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57. HERO !
    

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58. ZERO !
    

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59. HERO !
    

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61. FEEL STUPID?
    

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62. YOU'RE LEARNING
    

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64. CHALLENGE
    YOURSELF
    

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65. YOU WILL
    BE AMAZED
    

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66. BUILDING SOFTWARE IS A
    PEOPLE PROBLEM
    

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67. ! ❤ " ❤ ! ❤ " ❤ ! ❤ "
    

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68. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION !
    

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69. MY ADVICE?
    

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71. ASSUME
    GOOD INTENT
    

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73. F*CKING
    LISTEN!!!
    

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75. DON'T BE AN ASSHOLE
    

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76. UNDERSTAND
    YOUR
    INFLUENCE
    

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77. POSITIVITY
    

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78. THE PULL REQUEST
    

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79. HARMONIOUS
    

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80. TRANQUIL?
    

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81. SHARED
    KNOWLEDGE
    

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82. CONFLICT
    

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83. WAR
    

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84. OPINION
    

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86. TOO SMART?
    

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87. THERE IS
    CONFIDENCE
    IN SIMPLICITY
    

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88. 'this code is just way too simple'
    

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89. ?
    

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90. NOBODY
    

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91. EVER
    

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92. YOUR CODE HAS TWO AUDIENCES
    

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94. THE COLD
    CALCULATED MACHINE
    

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96. THE WARM
    AND WONDERFUL HUMAN
    

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97. WHICH DO YOU
    OPTIMISE FOR?
    

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98. UNDERSTAND
    CONSTRAINTS
    AND COMMUNICATE THEM TOO
    

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99. MAKE IT WORK
    MAKE IT RIGHT
    MAKE IT FAST
    

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100. PERFECT
     IS THE ENEMY
     OF DONE
     

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101. ASKING FOR HELP !
     

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102. CAREER MOBILITY
     

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104. REMEMBER
     HOW FORTUNATE
     YOU ARE
     

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105. SELF PUBLICISE
     

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108. OPEN SOURCE
     SORRY, IT'S THE OBVIOUS ONE
     

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109. NO CONTRIBUTION TOO SMALL
     

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110. PAY IT FORWARD
     

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113. TWEET
     

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114. BLOG
     LIKE YOU'RE OUTTA 2001
     

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115. CONFERENCES
     MEET UPS
     USER GROUPS
     

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116. SPEAK
     

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119. I HAVE
     NOTHING INTERESTING
     TO SAY
     

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122. MY HAIR WILL SET FIRE !
     

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123. IT'S TOO HARD!
     

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124. CHALLENGE
     YOURSELF!
     SURELY YOU DIDN'T FORGET?
     

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125. BUT REMEMBER!
     

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126. YOU ARE NOT YOUR
     FOLLOWER COUNT
     

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127. YOU ARE NOT YOUR
     GITHUB STARS
     

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128. YOU ARE NOT YOUR
     OSS CONTRIBUTIONS
     

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129. YOU ARE NOT A UNICORN
     

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130. NEITHER AM I!
     

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131. THANKS!
     @BENLOVELL
     

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