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
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
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
4. WHY learn now what is needed tomorrow
5. expand your toolbox
6. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
7. WHAT learn now what is needed tomorrow
8. “Specialization is for insects” - R. Heinlein
9. “Specialization is for insects” - R. Heinlein
10. “Specialization is for insects” - R. Heinlein
11. “Jack of all trades - Master of none”
12. Generalist Specialist
13. Generalist Specialist
14. Generalist Specialist
15. Generalist Specialist Polymath
17. Polymath a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas.
18. Polymath a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. Are you a polymath? (Leonardo da Vinci was)
19. Are you a polymath? What does a DirectoryIterator return on each iteration?
20. Are you a polymath? What does a DirectoryIterator return on each iteration? SplFileInfo
21. Are you a polymath? What does a DirectoryIterator return on each iteration? SplFileInfo an “expert” PHP programmer
22. Are you a polymath? What is TSRMLS_CC?
23. Are you a polymath? What is TSRMLS_CC? PHP core macro to support thread safety development
24. Are you a polymath? What is TSRMLS_CC? PHP core macro to support thread safety development A PHP core programmer
25. Are you a polymath? How do you create a new volume group within LVM?
26. Are you a polymath? How do you create a new volume group within LVM? vgcreate group /dev/sda1
27. Are you a polymath? How do you create a new volume group within LVM? vgcreate group /dev/sda1 An “expert” sysadmin
28. Are you a polymath? What is the default InnoDB isolation level?
29. Are you a polymath? What is the default InnoDB isolation level? Repeatable_read
30. Are you a polymath? What is the default InnoDB isolation level? Repeatable_read An “expert” MySQL DBA
31. Are you a polymath? How long does it take for a full almanac transmission from GPS satellites?
32. Are you a polymath? How long does it take for a full almanac transmission from GPS satellites? 12.5 minutes
33. Are you a polymath? How long does it take for a full almanac transmission from GPS satellites? 12.5 minutes Advanced GPS knowledge
34. Are you a polymath? What is the “common” name for this formula?
35. Are you a polymath? What is the “common” name for this formula? Einstein field equations
36. Are you a polymath? What is the “common” name for this formula? Einstein field equations General relativity guru
37. Drupal?
38. Skills?
39. Get out of your comfort zone!
40. SPL Exceptions? It’s java! Symfony2? Rails - Spring - django
42. K & R
43. K & R The C programming language
44. K & R The C programming language KNUTH
45. K & R The C programming language The art of computer programming KNUTH
47. Junior Developer
48. Junior Developer Medior Developer
49. Junior Developer Medior Developer Senior Developer
50. Junior Developer Medior Developer Senior Developer Team Lead
51. Junior Developer Medior Developer Senior Developer Team Lead Project Manager
52. Junior Developer Medior Developer Senior Developer Team Lead Project Manager Tech Lead
53. Junior Developer Medior Developer Senior Developer Team Lead Project Manager Tech Lead Architect
55. Learning and discovering things without practical implementations can be a good thing!
56. Learning and discovering things without practical implementations can be a good thing!
57. HOW to learn what is needed tomorrow
58. conferences and usergroups
59. Open source development Pick a project - Fix bugs - Write documentation - Help others Create your own project - ask for help Look at other projects
61. Gaining experience is part of learning
62. joind.in
63. joind.in android app
64. gowat.ch
65. iPhone development
66. Failing is part of learning
67. tools
68. Seinfeld calendar: http://seinfeldcalendar.com/
69. Calendar about nothing: http://calendaraboutnothing.com/
71. Pragmatic Investment Plan Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timeboxed (SMART) Have a plan and you are half way there...
72. 80/20
73. show off
74. Exams & certification
75. purpose
76. which?
77. PHP5.3 and Zend Framework
78. MySQL, LPI VCP, CCNA
79. Certifications Certifications is a trust-based system. Boss trusts certifier Certifier says: “you know stuff” Boss trusts you know stuff
80. Certifications Problem: (most) certification institutes are commercial.
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
82. Open questioning The _____ function will count the number of elements in an array.
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.
85. Github
86. Contribute
87. blog
88. Questions? http://farm1.static.flickr.com/73/163450213_18478d3aa6_d.jpg
89. “I learned how to survive (...), get real, and how to fail”
90. “I learned how to survive (...), get real, and how to fail” - Lady Gaga
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!