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Programming like an athlete

Presented at RubyConf Kuala Lumpur 2017

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October 13, 2017
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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
  17. None

  18. #3. PROGRESSIVE TRAINING & RECOVERY

  19. Training & Recovery Performance Training Recovery Training Recovery

  20. 3 Levels to Recover From

  21. None

  22. Season & Off-season Performance Break Season Season

  23. None
  24. None
  25. None

  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