Honing your software development

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1. Beatrice Kinya Software Engineer at Pula, Nairobi, Kenya Honing your software development skills.
2. About me Name: Beatrice Kinya Profession: Software Engineer at Pula Nairobi, Kenya Skills: Mobile application development - Android/Kotlin - Flutter/Dart - Java Hobbies: Crochet, Reading Twitter: @B__Kinya LinkedIn: Beatrice Kinya
3. Jack of all Trades vs Specialist (Generalist or Specialist(Learning Agility)) vs
4. 🤔 So What? - We built feature xyz. Then What? - Understand the context.
5. Learning Ask Questions Just In Time learning Learning => flexibility Comprehension opens doors to simple yet creative solutions Learn tools, Languages. But most important learn principles. Be curious! Try out stuff. PRACTISE Learning requires time, dedication and patience.
6. Communities - Surround yourself with people who challenge you to become better. - Join dev communities: Developer Circles, GDGs, etc. - Participate: in organizing events, attend conferences, give talks, contribute to open source projects etc.
7. Know your mentors - At work place, in dev communities, you will find many people who are willing to help. - Take advantage of that and learn as much as possible. - Do not misuse the opportunity. - Also teach others.
8. “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of the giants”, Isaac Newton
9. Questions?
10. End