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I Write Bad Code & So Can You

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Transcript

  1. I Write Bad Code & So Can You A Slacker’s

    Guide to Side Projects @lizmrush

  2. Meet Sir David Attenbot attenbot.com

  3. Slack API • Slash command registered to make a call

    to Node • Node app queries ES • Node returns json with S3 address • Slack API takes url for image and loads into UI

  4. It’s OK to write code that isn’t beautiful or refactored

    or clean SLACKERS TIP #1:
  5. None

  6. You don’t have to optimize your side project SLACKERS TIP

    #2:
  7. None

  8. Don’t learn all the things SLACKERS TIP #3:

  9. None

  10. You don’t have to memorize what you learned SLACKERS TIP

    #4:
  11. None

  12. Map your side project learnings and skills to job descriptions

    SLACKERS TIP #5:

  13. Learn a new thing Reinforce a familiar task/ technology Practice

    tasks/ technologies Routine tasks you can do without questions What you did: What they ask for: “Familiar with” “Know” “Comfortable with” “Expert”

  14. COMPLETING A SIDE PROJECT IMPERFECTLY IS INFINITELY MORE VALUABLE THAN

    NEVER FINISHING YOUR PERFECT CODE THE ULTIMATE SLACKERS TIP: