I Write Bad Code & So Can You

Splat.rb--June 2016

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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:
6. You don’t have to optimize your side project SLACKERS TIP #2:
8. Don’t learn all the things SLACKERS TIP #3:
10. You don’t have to memorize what you learned SLACKERS TIP #4:
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: