Keeping Up

Hey, what are your thoughts on Docker? How about Kubernetes? Have you started looking at Vue yet? Although, WebAssembly will replace JavaScript before too long..... Every time I go to an event, I am hit with questions like this. I often feel like I am running up a down escalator and simply can't keep up. Do you ever feel overwhelmed with the constantly changing landscape of software development? Every time we turn around there is something new to keep our eye on. In this session, I encourage you to stop for a minute and take a breath. I will work you through some resources and skills that will help you trim back the noise and allow you to focus on the things that are really important and simply keep an awareness of the rest.

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1. #keepingUp
   D E A L I N G W I T H T H E F A S T P A C E O F D E V E L O P M E N T
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4. Developer?
   Who Are You?
   QA? Project
   Management?
   Dev Ops?
   

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5. I am old…
   

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6. My Journey
   Mumps
   Delphi
   C#/VB
   Java
   .NET
   JavaScript
   

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8. It is harder now
   

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16. Now we enter diverging paths…
    

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17. Specialization
    

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18. I only do JavaScript
    

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19. And not even all of it….
    

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20. Broad but shallow
    

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21. Full stack developer
    

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22. So how do you keep up?
    

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23. There is a difference between…
    

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24. Knowing Something and Knowing About Something
    

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25. Let’s start with learning about things…
    

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26. Internet REDDIT
    

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28. Internet REDDIT
    MEDIUM
    

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30. Internet
    REDDIT
    MEDIUM
    STACKOVERFLOW
    

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32. Internet
    REDDIT
    MEDIUM
    STACKOVERFLOW
    GITHUB
    

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35. Podcasts
    

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36. http://bit.ly/devpodcasts
    

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37. Social Media
    

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39. Events
    

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40. Meetups
    

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41. Conferences!
    

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42. Let’s come back to that…
    

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43. At some point you will have to know things…
    

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44. How do I learn things?
    

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47. But most stuff isn’t that hard…
    

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50. Let’s get back to conferences
    

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52. 4 things while you are here
    

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53. Get better at what you know!
    

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58. Keep the saw sharp
    

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60. Learn something new
    

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63. Meet 4 new people
    

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67. It’s ok…
    

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68. Ice breakers
    

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69. What did you think of the keynote?
    

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70. Where do you work?
    

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71. What is your passion?
    

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72. Where do you ask them?
    

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73. Lunch!
    

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74. Lunch!
    

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75. Get involved!
    

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