DotNetDay18: Hitchhikers Guide to Growing Your Tech Skills by Julie Lerman

Myriad languages, tools, paradigms and patterns that developers swear by tempt and tease us on almost a daily basis. Even if you have already made the tough choices as to which ones to focus on, how can you incorporate the effort mastering them while still performing the work that your day job requires? How do you stay relevant and productive and continue to elevate your career? Don’t panic! It is possible. Still going strong after three decades of coding, Julie Lerman will share tips and tricks that she uses to continuously evolve her tech skills and keep on top of her game as a coder and a coach as well as one of the top authors on Pluralsight..

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1. Microsoft Regional Director & 14 Year MVP, Docker Captain about.me/julielerman
2. decades of change
3. commitstrip.com/en/2015/09/16/ how-to-choose-the-right-javascript-framework/ commitstrip.com/en/2018/01/08/new-year-new-frameworks/
5. You may already have a long history of re-tooling & learning
6. 1 Discovery 2 Investigation 3 Confusion 4 Frustration 5 Clarity 6 Joy 7 Sharing Julie’s 7 Steps of Learning
7. webpagefx.com/blog/web-design/drupal-learning-curve
8. You can still benefit from pieces without being an expert in the full topic Hitchhiker Tip
10. Castle Climbing Center, London
11. Don’t fear new topics Hitchhiker Tip
12. “No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, YES”
14. Aim for a general understanding of the full topic, even as you begin with smaller pieces Hitchhiker Tip
15. , 2013
16. bounded
17. big messy problems
18. Domain-Driven Design, Eric Evans 2003 small, solvable, contained & interconnected problems
20. Domain Modeling
21. Don’t be afraid to explore, even if it’s a surface level Hitchhiker Tip
22. msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/mt149362?author=julie+lerman
24. “Asking questions is not a sign of failure” Hitchhiker Tip
25. “Let it wash over you” - Scott Hanselman Hitchhiker Tip
26. What should I learn??????? Hitchhiker Tip
27. You are at a conference! This is the time to soak it all in Hitchhiker Tip
28. You are at a conference! This is the time to soak it all in Hitchhiker Tip
29. Target narrow, individual skills Learn each one well, then • Implement • Increment • Combine • Repeat 42 times
31. Microsoft Regional Director & 14 Year MVP, Docker Captain about.me/julielerman