Don't Fall Behind: How to Learn Now What Is Needed Tomorrow?

The speed of inventing new technologies is continuously accelerating. The things that are considered state-of-the-art this year might already be obsolete the next year. In order to do our jobs, especially in our branch, we must be prepared for the future and we should know what lies ahead. During this presentation we will not focus on telling you why gaining knowledge is an important issue, since you probably are already aware of this, but we will show you what the effects of knowledge have on us as a human being, how we can learn things more efficient and how to share them with others. We will also dive into the deep pits called exams and why failing an exam might actually be more beneficial for you then passing it...

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1. Don’t fall behind,
   why learn now what is
   needed tomorrow
   4developers conference
   18 april 2012 - Poznań - Poland
   Stefan Koopmanschap
   & Joshua Thijssen
   

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2. Who is Joshua Thijssen?
   Freelance consultant, developer and
   trainer @ NoxLogic / Techademy
   Development in PHP, Python, Perl,
   C, Java and some sysadmin
   Blog: http://adayinthelifeof.nl
   Email: jthijssen@noxlogic.nl
   Twitter: @jaytaph
   

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3. Who is Stefan Koopmanschap?
   Freelance consultant, developer and
   trainer @ Ingewikkeld / Techademy
   Development in PHP, Symfony2
   guru, community leader, open
   source advocate.
   Blog: http://leftontheweb.com
   Email: stefan@ingewikkeld.net
   Twitter: @skoop
   

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4. WHY learn now
   what is needed
   tomorrow
   

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5. expand
   your
   toolbox
   

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6. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
   

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7. WHAT learn now
   what is needed
   tomorrow
   

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8. “Specialization is for insects”
   - R. Heinlein
   

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9. “Specialization is for insects”
   - R. Heinlein
   

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10. “Specialization is for insects”
    - R. Heinlein
    

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11. “Jack of all trades -
    Master of none”
    

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12. Generalist
    Specialist
    

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13. Generalist
    Specialist
    

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14. Generalist
    Specialist
    

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15. Generalist
    Specialist Polymath
    

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17. Polymath
    a person whose expertise spans a significant
    number of different subject areas.
    

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18. Polymath
    a person whose expertise spans a significant
    number of different subject areas.
    Are you a polymath?
    (Leonardo da Vinci was)
    

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19. Are you a polymath?
    What does a DirectoryIterator
    return on each iteration?
    

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20. Are you a polymath?
    What does a DirectoryIterator
    return on each iteration?
    SplFileInfo
    

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21. Are you a polymath?
    What does a DirectoryIterator
    return on each iteration?
    SplFileInfo
    an “expert” PHP programmer
    

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22. Are you a polymath?
    What is TSRMLS_CC?
    

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23. Are you a polymath?
    What is TSRMLS_CC?
    PHP core macro to support
    thread safety development
    

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24. Are you a polymath?
    What is TSRMLS_CC?
    PHP core macro to support
    thread safety development
    A PHP core programmer
    

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25. Are you a polymath?
    How do you create a new
    volume group within LVM?
    

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26. Are you a polymath?
    How do you create a new
    volume group within LVM?
    vgcreate group /dev/sda1
    

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27. Are you a polymath?
    How do you create a new
    volume group within LVM?
    vgcreate group /dev/sda1
    An “expert” sysadmin
    

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28. Are you a polymath?
    What is the default InnoDB
    isolation level?
    

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29. Are you a polymath?
    What is the default InnoDB
    isolation level?
    Repeatable_read
    

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30. Are you a polymath?
    What is the default InnoDB
    isolation level?
    Repeatable_read
    An “expert” MySQL DBA
    

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31. Are you a polymath?
    How long does it take for a
    full almanac transmission from
    GPS satellites?
    

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32. Are you a polymath?
    How long does it take for a
    full almanac transmission from
    GPS satellites?
    12.5 minutes
    

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33. Are you a polymath?
    How long does it take for a
    full almanac transmission from
    GPS satellites?
    12.5 minutes
    Advanced GPS knowledge
    

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34. Are you a polymath?
    What is the “common” name
    for this formula?
    

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35. Are you a polymath?
    What is the “common” name
    for this formula?
    Einstein field equations
    

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36. Are you a polymath?
    What is the “common” name
    for this formula?
    Einstein field equations
    General relativity guru
    

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37. Drupal?
    

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38. Skills?
    

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39. Get out of your
    comfort zone!
    

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40. SPL Exceptions?
    It’s java!
    Symfony2?
    Rails - Spring - django
    

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42. K & R
    

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43. K & R
    The C programming language
    

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44. K & R
    The C programming language
    KNUTH
    

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45. K & R
    The C programming language
    The art of computer
    programming
    KNUTH
    

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47. Junior Developer
    

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48. Junior Developer
    Medior Developer
    

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49. Junior Developer
    Medior Developer
    Senior Developer
    

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50. Junior Developer
    Medior Developer
    Senior Developer
    Team Lead
    

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51. Junior Developer
    Medior Developer
    Senior Developer
    Team Lead
    Project Manager
    

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52. Junior Developer
    Medior Developer
    Senior Developer
    Team Lead
    Project Manager
    Tech Lead
    

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53. Junior Developer
    Medior Developer
    Senior Developer
    Team Lead
    Project Manager
    Tech Lead
    Architect
    

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55. Learning and discovering
    things without practical
    implementations can be a
    good thing!
    

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56. Learning and discovering
    things without practical
    implementations can be a
    good thing!
    

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57. HOW to learn what
    is needed tomorrow
    

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58. conferences and
    usergroups
    

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59. Open source development
    Pick a project
    - Fix bugs
    - Write documentation
    - Help others
    Create your own project
    - ask for help
    Look at other projects
    

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61. Gaining experience
    is part of learning
    

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62. joind.in
    

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63. joind.in
    android app
    

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64. gowat.ch
    

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65. iPhone
    development
    

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66. Failing is part
    of learning
    

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67. tools
    

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68. Seinfeld
    calendar:
    http://seinfeldcalendar.com/
    

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69. Calendar
    about
    nothing:
    http://calendaraboutnothing.com/
    

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71. Pragmatic Investment Plan
    Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
    Relevant, Timeboxed (SMART)
    Have a plan and you are half way there...
    

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72. 80/20
    

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73. show off
    

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74. Exams &
    certification
    

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75. purpose
    

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76. which?
    

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77. PHP5.3 and
    Zend
    Framework
    

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78. MySQL, LPI
    VCP, CCNA
    

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79. Certifications
    Certifications is a trust-based
    system.
    Boss trusts certifier
    Certifier says: “you know stuff”
    Boss trusts you know stuff
    

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80. Certifications
    Problem: (most) certification
    institutes are commercial.
    

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81. Multiple choice
    Which function will count
    the number of elements in
    an array?
    A) howmuch($a);
    B) count($a);
    C) $a.count();
    D) there is no function
    

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82. Open questioning
    The _____ function will count
    the number of elements in
    an array.
    

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83. Practical
    1) Make sure user “josh” can login
    with SSH into your system.
    2) Setup your network connections
    so it uses 1.2.3.4 as the primary
    DNS server.
    3) Make sure the webserver is
    accessible from the 10.x.x.x network
    only.
    

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85. Github
    

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86. Contribute
    

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87. blog
    

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88. Questions?
    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/73/163450213_18478d3aa6_d.jpg
    

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89. “I learned how to survive (...),
    get real, and how to fail”
    

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90. “I learned how to survive (...),
    get real, and how to fail”
    - Lady Gaga
    

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91. Please rate our talk on joind.in:
    http://joind.in/6312
    Find us on twitter: @techademy
    @skoop
    @jaytaph
    Find us by email: info@techademy.eu
    Find us for training: www.techademy.eu
    Thank you!
    

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