Doing Your Best Work - Productivity for Ambitious Developers

1. Brett Chalupa, 2022 Doing Your Best Work Productivity for ambitious developers
2. What even is productivity for developers?
3. Sure, you can measure velocity.
4. But to me, it’s a feeling.
5. I care about productivity for my personal well-being and growth.
6. The number one most important thing is focus.
7. We live in an age of distraction.
8. Focus is the superpower of the 21st Century.
9. No life hacks. Just habits and systems.
10. Reflect on last week
11. Block out daily time for focused work
12. Close social media Quit Slack & Discord Turn off notifications Hide your phone
13. Guard your time & be intentional with meetings
14. You need a system
15. My System 1. Daily study 2. Weekly review 3. Capture every piece of work in one place 4. Break the work down 5. Live by my calendar & task list 6. At least four hours daily of focus time
16. Break down your work into small tasks
17. Small, sometimes trivial tasks
18. Take notes & document things
19. Boredom is detrimental to developers.
20. Read and study about things other than programming
21. But also study programming
22. Have some place to be
23. Try new systems, review, and analyze
24. Read These Three Books + listen to Back to Work