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Jeffrey Walter
July 28, 2015
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Stuff I wish someone told me about being an engineer
Jeffrey Walter
July 28, 2015
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Transcript
Stuff I wish someone told me about being an
engineer Jeffrey Walter Senior Computer Scien;st Adobe
Titles are bullshit. • Do not hang your iden;ty
on your ;tle • They mean a lot to some people
Process MaBers • Don’t be a cowboy
• Find a process that works for you • Follow that process
Ask for help • No one expects you to
know all the things
Google is the best
They’re gonna find me out! • Imposter syndrome never
goes away • It does get beBer. I promise.
You are not hot shit • The all knowing
neck-‐beard is not amused • You can be that neck-‐beard
Making mistakes is not a requirement • Pair programming
• Code reviews • Open source
It’s easy, right? All you have to do is…
• NO! • What is the problem are you trying to solve?
Problem solving • Syntax is gravy •
Whiteboard, pseudo-‐code, rubber duck, toy problems
Constantly self evaluate • Stuck in a rut
PRIORITY ALPHA 1!!!! • Not everything can be priority
1 • Keep a task list
Technical debt • Never priori;zed • Do
it anyway
Past you is an idiot. • Ten minutes ago
you is an idiot • 1 month ago you is a f-‐ckin crazy person
Sacred cows are tasty • Rip it out!
Es;ma;on sucks. You suck. • Dunning-‐Kruger effect
• BeBer stories == beBer es;ma;on
Passion • Horseshit!
The Hard Stuff
• Follow Sandy Metz’s rules • Test all
the things • DO NOT USE EXCEPTIONS FOR FLOW CONTROL • Learn how to debug
CS fundamentals • Write a linked list •
Write a binary search • Memory structures • Pass by reference vs pass by value • Garbage collec;on • SQL • Write a recursive tree traversal
Programming PaBerns • DRY • Bike Shedding
• SOLID • Dependency Injec;on • Map/reduce • Memoiza;on • Null object • Func;onal Programming
Architectural PaBerns • SOA • Microservices •
Load balancing • High Availability • Pub/Sub/Observer
Stuff you think you know already • Interviewing sucks
• The liBle stuff maBers • Stupid people exist • Peter principal • Office Space • It’s ok to work for Innotech
Don’t be an asshole • Tag, you’re it!
• Misogyny/Racism/*ism is real
Thanks! • Lehi Developers User Group • Email:
[email protected]
• TwiBer: @jwalter748 • Slack: LDUG.slack.com