Programming like an athlete

Presented at RubyConf Kuala Lumpur 2017

Transcript

1. PROGRAMMING LIKE AN ATHLETE Gabrielle Ong
2. Software engineer at TradeGecko, Singapore Community taught
3. 400m hurdles = 400 meters + 10 jumps
4. TradeGecko is looking for Rubyist! tradegecko.com/jobs
5. Did competitive track and field for 6 years
6. 400m Hurdles = 400 meters + 10 jumps
7. High Jump = 15 meters + 1 jump
8. Principles of Athletes Better Programmer
9. #1. CROSS TRAINING
10. Cross Training Weightlifting: Strength Hurdles: Flexibility Sprints: Speed
11. Build supporting skills to become better at main skill
12. Cross Training Requirement Gathering UX, Design DevOps Interpersonal skills
13. #2. CAN’T IMPROVE WHAT YOU DON’T MEASURE
14. Training Notebook ★ What we did ★ Timings / height ★ How tired I felt
15. See quantitative & qualitative improvements
16. Programming Notebook ★ What feature/bug ★ Problem break down ★ Considerations missed
18. #3. PROGRESSIVE TRAINING & RECOVERY
19. Training & Recovery Performance Training Recovery Training Recovery
20. 3 Levels to Recover From
22. Season & Off-season Performance Break Season Season
26. #4. DRAFT WITH OTHERS
27. Drafting
28. Whole pack runs faster than if they ran alone
29. Building one another up
30. Our Community Breaking the wind (not kentut)
31. Self Flying Wheelchairs!?
32. WHAT are you training? What supporting skills can you train?
33. HOW are you training? - How can you measure your progress? - How is your training & recovery?
34. WHO are you training with? - Who’s breaking the winds for you? - Who can you help?
35. Gabrielle Ong @hellogabbo @gabrielle-ong