Be Good At Lots of Things

A talk from Phoenix Design Week 2015.

Transcript

1. HELLO!
   Lynn Fisher @lynnandtonic
   

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2. FOCUS
   

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3. SPECIALIZE
   

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4. BE GOOD AT
   ONE THING
   

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8. INTERMEDIA
   

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9. INTERMEDIA
   

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13. CREATE ART IN THE
    SPACE WHERE
    DISCIPLINES OVERLAP
    

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14. TRY
    

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15. LEARN
    

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16. BE GOOD AT
    LOTS OF THINGS
    

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17. IS IT
    POSSIBLE?
    

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19. SPECIALIZATION
    IS A GOOD THING
    

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21. WHERE HAS OUR
    CURIOSITY GONE?
    

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23. SPOILER ALERT
    

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26. SPOILER OVER
    

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27. “You’ll never be as good as someone
    who spends all their time on it.”
    

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28. YOU DON’T
    KNOW ME
    

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29. THAT’S OK.
    

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30. “You don’t have to become a pro to get
    value from learning something.”
    PHILIP ROBERTS
    

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31. WHAT DOES IT
    MEAN TO BE GOOD
    AT SOMETHING?
    

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34. EVERY PROJECT IN EVERY
    INDUSTRY REQUIRES WORK
    OF VARYING DIFFICULTY
    

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35. EVERY PROJECT IN EVERY
    INDUSTRY REQUIRES WORK
    OF VARYING DIFFICULTY
    

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36. “If there’s anything worse than a web
    designer who doesn’t know how to code,
    it’s a web designer who codes poorly!”
    

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37. “Developers need designers, not
    bug making machines.”
    

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38. “I’m not a developer and I wouldn’t
    want my code in production.”
    

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39. WTF?!
    

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40. “Our culture doesn’t support
    beginners.”
    

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41. “I’m a bad teacher.”
    

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42. “Do you only hire senior developers?”
    

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43. CODE DOESN’T CARE
    WHO WROTE IT
    

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44. WHAT ARE YOU?
    

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45. “A title has no business attempting to
    capture the seemingly infinite ways by
    which individuals evolve.”
    RANDS
    

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46. BEYOND
    CATEGORY
    

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50. YOU ARE NOT A PIE
    

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51. “Don’t dilute someone’s skill set by
    trying to expand it, play to the
    strengths of your team”
    

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58. THAT’S OK.
    

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63. CREATE ART IN THE
    SPACE WHERE
    COMMUNITIES OVERLAP
    

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66. LITERALLY
    EVERYTHING IS
    ABOUT PEOPLE
    

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67. BRING YOUR WHOLE
    SELF TO WORK
    

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68. BRING YOUR WHOLE
    SELF TO WORK
    

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69. “Do or do not. There is no try.”
    YODA
    

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71. TRYING IS VALID
    AND VALUABLE
    

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72. IT REMINDS US WHAT
    IT FEELS LIKE TO BE A
    BEGINNER
    

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73. WE MAY FAIL
    

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74. “You’re not a real ______
    unless you ____________”
    SOME JERK, PROBABLY
    NOUN
    ARBITRARY CONDITION
    

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76. WE DEFINE WHO WE
    ARE AND WHAT WE
    ARE GOOD AT
    

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77. WE DECIDE
    WHAT MATTERS
    

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78. “Use what talents you possess: the
    woods would be very silent if no birds
    sang there except those that sang best.”
    HENRY VAN DYKE
    

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79. PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE
    OF SO MUCH
    

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80. TRY
    

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81. LEARN
    

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82. BE GOOD AT
    LOTS OF THINGS
    

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83. THANK YOU
    Lynn Fisher @lynnandtonic
    

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