Mastering the Craft

A talk based on Stefan Kanev's talk on the same topic:
https://speakerdeck.com/skanev/mastering-the-craft

Transcript

1. Mastering  the  cra-   Anton  Petrov   h2p://blz777.github.io/about/   anton.petrov.work@gmail.com   Tech  Talk   29.10.2015   Cologne  
2. Based  on  Stefan  Kanev’s  talk  on  the  topic. If  you  understand  Bulgarian,  leave  the  room  and  go  check  it  out:     h2ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n3eqmc7VxY  
3. Hello,  I  am  Anton  and    I  am  a  programmer  
4. I  love  what  I  do  
5. Teach  Yourself  Programming  in  Ten  Years  by   Peter  Norvig     hAp://norvig.com/21-­‐days.html  
6. It  is  a  journey..  
9. Plan 1. Being  a  programmer  and  some  truths  about  it   2. Things  I  wish  I  knew  10  years  ago   3. What  can  you  begin  with  today  
10. Plan 1. Being  a  programmer  and  some  truths  about  it   2. Things  I  wish  I  knew  10  years  ago   3. What  can  you  begin  with  today  
11. Imagine  a  few  programmers  in  a  room  talking   about  languages,  good  pracWces,  code  style..  
13. The  truth  is  that  we  are  confused.  
14. That’s  ok,  because  our  craH  is  very  young.
15. Architecture  is  ancient.
16. Principles  haven’t  changed  for  centuries.
17. a  revoluWon  every  5  years  
19. I  am  a  non-­‐accredited,  overly   logical  psychologist,  therapist,   mechanic,  diplomat,  businessman,   and  teacher  working  in  an  industry   that  is  sWll  defining  itself  each  and   every  day.                  -­‐-­‐  Ka  Wai  Cheung  
20. CommunicaWon  
22. Psychology  
23. WriWng  code  –  not  menWoned.  
24. When  I  started  my  journey,     wriWng  code  =  programming  
25. Wri$ng  code  is  the  easiest  thing.  Everything  else   is  more  difficult  and  you  cannot  do  without  it.   Truth  №1  
28. Programming  is  creaWve  process.    
29. As  programmers,  we  have  to  convert  unknown   problems  into  clear  code  while  we  are  under   stress  and  s$ll  learning  new  things.  
30. There  is  a  lot  of  stress.  
31. Steve  Yegge  
33. A  musician  who  doesn’t  love  music?  
34. If  you  don’t  love  programming  and  all  its  aspects   think  again  whether  this  is  your  craA.   Truth  №2  
35. • Today  a  lot  of  people  use  Ruby  and  that  is  safe.   • 7  years  ago  this  was  a  risk.   • 7  years  earlier  using  Java  was  a  risk.   • Before  that  people  had  to  manually  manage   memory.  
36. The  only  constant  is  the  change.     Learn  new  things  constantly.  
37. UniversiWes  cannot  prepare  you  for  the   real  job.  
38. It  is  a  Cra-.  
39. work  !=  cra-  
40. Programming  is  not  just  a  9  to  5  job.   It’s  a  craA  you  will  be  doing  your  whole  life.  Be   ready  to  devote  to  it.   Truth  №3  
41. Plan 1. Being  a  programmer  and  some  truths  about  it   2. Things  I  wish  I  knew  10  years  ago   3. What  can  you  begin  with  today  
42. Lesson  1:  Text  Editor Choose  one  text  editor  and  master  it.  
43. This  will  take  years.  
44. Without  an  IDE?  
45. Lesson  2:  Process  and  approach Constantly  analyze  your  working  process.   Try  to  structure  it.  Keep  enhancing  it.    
46. Think  about  the  following  things: •  How  do  I  test  my  program?   •  What  am  I  working  on  at  the  moment?   •  What  do  I  want  to  achieve  today?   •  When  do  I  go  and  ask  for  help?   •  When  do  I  revert  my  approach  to  a  task  and  start  over?   •  When  do  I  have  a  break  and  how  long?   …  
47. Test  Driven  Development   <3  
48. Pomodoro  –  25/5   <3  
49. Lesson  3:  Version  Control Learn  one  version  control  system  and  use  it  for   everything  you  do.  
50. Lesson  4:  Discipline You  must  be  disciplined.  Programming  is  a   complex  thing  and  if  you  don’t  rely  on  habits   you  will  get  lost  pre2y  quickly.  
51. Clean  code  
54. Lesson  5:  Take  notes Develop  a  system  for  taking  notes.  Describe   everything  you  learn.  Read  them  regularly.   Make  that  a  part  of  your  process.  
55. Lesson  6:  Ritual  for  improvement Make  learning  new  things  a  ritual.  Keep   at  it  fanaWcally.  Revise  it  periodically.  
57. one  new  book  a  month   one  new  language  a  year  
58. Lesson  7:  Learn  a  lot  of  languages Learn  a  lot  of  languages.  Learn  them  in   depth.  They  need  to  be  different.  
59. “You  can  write  FORTRAN  in    any  language..”  
60. Don’t  be  conservaXve  and  skepXcal •  “Ruby  is  too  slow  and  is  not  for  big  projects.”   •  “Java  is  too  slow  and  is  not  for  big  projects.”   •  “RelaWonal  Databases  are  a  good  academic  exercise  but  they  are  not   for  real  projects.”   •  “Structured  programming  is  a  good  academic  exercise  but  it  is  not  for   real  projects.”   •  C  is  too  slow  and  is  not  for  real  projects.  
61. Anyway,  Haskell  will  never  be  important! •  ..it’s  too  slow  and  is  not  for  big  projects   •  ..it’s  a  very  good  academic  exercise  but  it’s  not  for  real  projects  
62. Lesson  8:  Create  do\iles Most  of  the  unix  instruments  can  be   personalized.  Do  that  aggressively.  Put  the   doniles  under  version  control.  
63. Lesson  9:  OpenSource Deal  with  open-­‐source.  You  will  meet  a  lot  of   interesWng  people.  You  will  learn  a  lot  of   things.  
64. Lesson  10:  Stay  healthy There  are  a  lot  of  health  risks  in  our  job.  Staying   sWll  for  a  long  Wme  and  being  under  stress  is   devastaWng.  Think  of  that  in  advance.  It  might  be   too  late  when  problems  appear.  
66. “Be  happy  in  order  to  work.  Don’t   work  to  be  happy.”  
67. AWESOME!  
68. •  Lesson  1:  Text  Editor   •  Lesson  2:  Process  and  approach   •  Lesson  3:  Version  Control   •  Lesson  4:  Discipline   •  Lesson  5:  Take  notes   •  Lesson  6:  Ritual  for  improvement   •  Lesson  7:  Learn  a  lot  of  languages   •  Lesson  8:  Create  doniles   •  Lesson  9:  OpenSource   •  Lesson  10:  Stay  healthy  
69. Plan 1. Being  a  programmer  and  some  truths  about  it   2. Things  I  wish  I  knew  10  years  ago   3. What  can  you  begin  with  today  
70. 1/5  Register  in  Github. Today.  Create  a  profile.  Upload  what  you  can.   Start  following  interesWng  projects.  
71. 2/5  Start  learning  a  text  editor Choose  a  text  editor  and  start  using  it   exclusively  for  everything.  
72. 3/5  Create  your  do\iles $  mkdir  doniles     $  cd  doniles     $  git  init  .    
73. 4/5  Choose  books  and  a  language One  language  for  the  year.   A  few  books  for  the  upcoming  months.  
74. 5/5  Start  your  own  pet  project Start  your  own  pet  project  to  work  on  and  learn   with.  Keep  at  it.  
76. Thank  you!   Anton  Petrov   h2p://blz777.github.io/about/   anton.petrov.work@gmail.com   Tech  Talk   29.10.2015   Cologne