Things I wished I knew as a junior developer

A talk I did for Developer's Nepal Meetup #4 on 4-Feb-2017

Transcript

1. Things I wished I knew as a junior developer By: Geshan Manandhar Senior Software Engineer/QM Lead Namshi.com @geshan - Geshan.com.np
2. whoami • Senior Software Engineer ◦ Tech solution provider • Agile follower and conditional microservices believer
3. Let the junior hire handle production for a bit
4. The dog bird story part 01
5. The dog bird story part 02
6. Qualities of great and worst devs Source: https://medium.com/javascript-scene/getting-to-10x-results-what-any-developer-can-learn-from-the-best -54b6c296a5ef
7. Solutions and value to business is much more important than the latest language/framework.
8. Be strong in the basics.
9. First, solve the problem. Then, write the code. - John Johnson
10. Writing simple and clear code is more difficult than writing magic code.
11. Code reviews help both the reviewer and reviewee.
12. (Automated) Testing is easier than debugging.
13. Automation is King.
14. Application logs + monitoring save your sleep.
15. Non tech things are very important like proactive communication, being on time etc.
16. You might not need that abstraction - like an ORM.
17. Thanks! Any questions? You can find me at @geshan & Geshan.com.np There is no pill to convert yourself to a good programmer, it takes lots of reading, learning and practice. So start now. - source