(Appbuilders) Non-technical ways to be a better developer

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1. Non-technical ways to becoming a better developer Marin Todorov, @icanzilb
2. Prologue
4. $greatCode->execute()
5. Marin, I can’t promise you that…
9. 5y old 12y old 15y old
10. 17y old
11. unstoppable multi-dimensional being from outer space
12. Every person has all of these things inside of them that form their entire life… — Ash Furrow
13. + $greatCode->execute()
14. Life happened? No.
16. Act 1: Improving yourself
17. Group chat is like being in an all-day meeting with random participants and no agenda. — Jason Fried, Basecamp
19. monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday
20. meditation
21. cooking
22. running
23. brew
24. www.headspace.com www.gymforless.com www.fourhourchef.com www.brewfactory.org Meditation app: Gym app: Cooking (amateurs): Brew app:
28. http://blog.ayaka.me/... http://www.amazon.com/... Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Extra 15 minutes:
29. Act 2: Improving your interactions
30. Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we’re bound to others. — Sonmi-451
32. while (self.retainCount>0) [self release]; if (a == 4 && tt1 == “A”) throw Error(“failure”); //add tests
34. family comes first
35. The people you love aren’t interruptions, they’re the reason you work at all. Give ’em a hug. — Jason Zimdars
36. step in the shoes of others
37. get your work out there ideas
38. watch me create 10 evenings…
39. just call your mom and tell her you love her www.fluencia.com no electronics of any kind at dinner http://whatis.techtarget.com/... Extra boost of love: Table rule: Learn a language: Scrum Master:
40. Act 3: Improving the world
41. Fuzzy Gerdes https://www.flickr.com/photos/fuzzy/6985402673/ https://www.ted.com/talks/candy_chang_before_i_die_i_want_to
42. So what? — Toxic person
43. …
44. If anyone is improving the world it’s software creators
45. THE NOW 1001100 00100001 11000110
46. And if at any point you feel it’s too hard to
47. be kind to your teammate meditate before going off to work cook your significant one a dinner run another 5 kilometers open source your project
48. remember being a better developer being an unstoppable multidimensional being is worth it …
49. for a shot at improving the world.
50. Epilogue
51. Marin Todorov mt@realm.io @icanzilb