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Gopal S Akshintala
January 30, 2021
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Grow as a Geek
Some Habits and Systems one can place in his life to grow as a Geek in Software Industry
Gopal S Akshintala
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Transcript
Grow as a Geek Gopal S Akshintala overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala 1
1 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Not a motivational talk 2 2 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
ToC Coding Make a brand out of yourself Learn how
to learn How to be a high-paid engineer? 3 3 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Coding The Most fun part 4 4 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala
@GopalAkshintala
Master an IDE It's like a instrument for a musician
5 5 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Master an IDE Intellij Free community edition Github students gets
a free license VS Code Free and most popular Light weight 6 6 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Master one Programming language Pick a modern language Personal recommendation:
Kotlin Use it as a tool to master its eco-system 7 7 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Hands-on practice Have a lab for yourself my-lab Scratch files
in Intellij Tools for quick PoCs: Git, Maven/Gradle, npm/yarn, Docker 8 8 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
TDD Test driven development Code only after Understanding how to
test Learn tools to measure what you've coded 9 9 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Clean Code by Robert Martin (Uncle Bob) 10 10 overfullstack.ga
overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
FP Functional programming (Programming with Discipline) 11 11 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga
@GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Make a brand out of yourself 12 12 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga
@GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Get Engaged Blog posts Open source collaborations Slack/Discord channels 13
13 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Follow Twitter Github Medium Feedly (for subscriptions) 14 14 overfullstack.ga
overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Tech-Talks Watch and Deliver 15 15 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
⚠ But! Don't get caught-up in a Filmy-Tech 16 16
overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Make a portfolio Free hosting on Github-Pages, Netlify etc. 17
17 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Interviews Build a strong Résumé. DS & Algo (No secret
or shortcut) Design Patterns Head first Design patterns Sell yourself as a problem solver 18 18 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Learn how to learn 19 19 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Learn how to learn Start with "Why?" Understand the patterns
and semantics Divide & Conquer : Abstractions & Integrations 20 20 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Learn how to learn Try to find a good book
or Tutorial online Reactive learning Application-Oriented-Learning 21 21 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Learn how to learn Don't fall into pseudo-competence Align learning
to your goals 22 22 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Makes Notes Make a Mesh of your notes RemNotes Obsidian
Notion Zettelkasten for Note taking 23 23 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Need more Cash ? 24 24 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Need more Cash Be a team player Police Shared codebase
25 25 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Need more Cash Sell, Strategize & Focus 26 26 overfullstack.ga
overfullstack.ga @GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala
Finally Exercise Sleep well Have fun 27 27 overfullstack.ga overfullstack.ga
@GopalAkshintala @GopalAkshintala