HackNagpur 2020 - How to be a Ninja Developer

- Slides with GIFs http://bit.ly/ninja-dev-hack-nagpur
- Speaker deck (Download PDF) http://bit.ly/ninja-dev-hack-nagpur-pdf

- Guide and Practices for becoming a Ninja developer.
- Difference between ordinary developer vs ninja developer
- Practices that you should be following for becoming a proactive and ninja developer
- Learn and add at least 1 new skill per year in your resume
- Attend at least 1 new course in a quarter
- Follow Goal based learning
- Keep learning, keep sharing
- Meet new people and learn from them
- Follow experts over your favorite media
- Sharpen your analysis skill
- Stay passionate!

Transcript

1. hacknagpur.
   

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2. hacknagpur.
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3. 2 Taaliyo ka samman...HN. Team
   Tushar Choudhari
   Ramya
   Kappagantu
   Rohit Daftari
   Sohail Pathan
   Shantanu
   Vishwanadha
   Anmoldeep Singh
   Harshita Bambure
   Vedant Khairnar
   Pushkar Kukde
   Raghav Agrawal
   Jasmine Jadwani
   Astha Patel
   Ankur Gawande
   Saniya Imroze
   Shreya Santoshwar
   Saish Adlak
   Vanshika Trivedi
   

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4. @pareshmayani
   

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5. hacknagpur.
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   PareshMayani.apk
   - Delivered 100+ talks
   - Organised and attended 150+ events
   - 11+ years industry experience
   - People, Process, Projects, Delivery > Practice Head at
   Simform
   - Community Organiser @ GDG Ahmedabad since 2012
   - DevRel Enthusiast
   

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   Slides
   ● Slides with GIFs http://bit.ly/ninja-dev-hack-nagpur
   ● Speakerdeck (Download PDF) http://bit.ly/ninja-dev-hack-nagpur-pdf
   

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7. 7
   Wow someone is going to make us Ninja Developer
   

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8. 8
   Let’s go and attend to become a Ninja Developer
   

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9. 9
   There is no Shortcut!
   

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10. 10
    Thank you all for joining my session
    

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11. Thanks I have your attention
    

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12. 12
    You mean Ninja?
    

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13. 13
    Nope I mean Ninja Developers
    

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14. hacknagpur.
    Ordinary
    Developers
    Vs
    Ninja
    Developers
    

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15. Ordinary Developers
    - Learn
    - Code
    - Eat
    - Sleep
    

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16. Ninja Developers
    - Learn
    - Code
    - Network
    - Share
    - Communicate
    - Analysis
    - Eat
    - Relax
    

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17. Learn
    

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18. Read Medium Articles
    - Startup grind
    - FreeCodeCamp
    - Mindorks
    - Hackernoon
    - DailyJS
    - Google Developers Experts
    

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20. hacknagpur.
    

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21. Watch Online Videos
    And Courses
    - Udacity
    - Udemy
    - Google Developers
    - LearnWebCode
    - Programming with Mosh
    - MTechViral
    - Smartherd
    

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22. Tip:
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    Qwiklabs - Quests leaders
    Hacktober Fest
    - Learning (Course) + Goodies
    

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23. Tip:
    So
    Follow Writers/experts on
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    Qwiklabs - Quests leaders
    Hacktober Fest
    - Learning (Course) + Goodies
    

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24. hacknagpur.
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    Exercise:
    Join any 1 online course
    

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25. Attend Events
    - GDG Nagpur
    - Facebook Dev Circle
    - Kotlin User Group Nagpur
    - Women Techmakers
    Nagpur
    - Startup Saturday
    - HeadStart Nagpur
    - Nagpur Startups
    - Developer Student Clubs
    Find more on Meetup
    

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26. hacknagpur.
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    Questions:
    1. Why do you attend events?
    2. How to get most out of events?
    ?
    

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    Exercise:
    Join at least 1 meetup group/community
    

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30. Extra Tips
    - Be in a group of passionate
    People
    - Take part in online forums
    - Github organisation
    (Open source)
    

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31. hacknagpur.
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    Attention!
    You can not and Need not to learn everything coming
    out in the market
    

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    Make a plan for learning
    You can not and Need not to learn everything coming out in
    the market
    - Prepare a list of all topics/things that you want to learn
    - May be a list of things that you are lagging behind in your
    domain
    - Decide the priority of each topics and reset the order
    - Select top 3
    - Make a plan for Learning 1st
    - Continue until you are done with all 3 things
    

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34. Code
    

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    Have a Pet project
    - Develop something you are passionate about
    - To solve problems
    

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36. hacknagpur.
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    Have a Pet project
    - Develop something you are passionate about
    - To solve problems
    - Can’t try out all the things in client projects
    

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    Have a Pet project
    - Develop something you are passionate about
    - To solve problems
    - Can’t try out all the things in client projects
    - Side Income
    

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    Open Source Contribution
    - Find open source projects or repository
    GDG[X]
    1. Hoverboard
    2. Aura
    3. Chakram
    

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    Open Source Contribution
    - Find open source projects or repository
    - Make your own repo
    

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    Open Source Contribution
    - Find open source projects or repository
    - Make your own repo
    - Discuss and learn
    - Help you in building your profile
    - Career opportunity
    

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    Open Source Contribution
    Career Opportunity
    

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    Pair Programming
    

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    Peer to peer Code Review
    

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    Exercise:
    - Start following Git flow model
    - Get your PRs reviewed
    

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45. Network
    

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46. Attend Events
    Take part in forums
    - Meet new people
    - Learn from experts
    - Discuss with people
    - Know what they are
    developing
    

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    Exercise:
    Take a snapshot of your screen and let the
    world know you are attending this event
    Don’t forget to tag people and use
    #HackNagpur
    Let’s do networking. How?
    

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48. Deliver Talks
    - Gets you to connect with
    community members and
    experts
    - Teach is to learn twice
    

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49. Share
    

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    “Teach is to learn twice”
    

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51. hacknagpur.
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    Write blogs/articles
    - How to start with blogging????
    Somewhere you will have to start, right?
    - Write in parts
    - Get it reviewed
    Benefits:
    - Online friends/followers
    - Build your own profile
    - Communication skills improved
    

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52. hacknagpur.
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    Exercise:
    Write a blog on your #HackNagpur
    experience
    

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53. hacknagpur.
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    Deliver Talks
    - Submit CFPs
    - Lightning talks
    - Show and Tell
    - Full length talks
    - Session in company
    

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    Deliver Talks
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    Objection 1: No one wants to listen me
    

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    Deliver Talks
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    Objection 1: No one wants to listen me
    Objection 2: I don’t know NOTHING
    

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56. hacknagpur.
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    Deliver Talks
    - Submit CFPs
    Objection 1: No one wants to listen me
    Objection 2: I don’t know NOTHING
    Objection 3: Rejection, keep submitting!
    

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58. Communicate
    

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    Communicate very well
    - Should be able to communicate well,
    be it clients or team
    

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    Communicate very well
    - Should be able to communicate well,
    be it clients or team
    - Share daily status update
    

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61. Tip:
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    Daily Status Update
    Today’s status update:
    Today’s update:
    - Worked on X thing - IN PROGRESS
    - Worked on Y thing - COMPLETED. Hosted on server
    Plan for tomorrow:
    - Work on Z thing
    Blockers/Queries if any
    - Not any at this moment
    

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    Communicate very well
    - Should be able to communicate well, be it clients or team
    - Share daily status update
    - Share proper commitments
    

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63. hacknagpur.
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    Communicate very well
    - Should be able to communicate well, be it clients or team
    - Share daily status update
    - Share proper commitments
    - Share concerns at right time
    

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64. hacknagpur.
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    Communicate very well
    - Should be able to communicate well, be it clients or team
    - Share daily status update
    - Share proper commitments
    - Share concerns at right time
    - English Communication Skills
    

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65. 65
    The clients….
    Deal with them nicely!
    

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66. Analysis
    

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67. hacknagpur.
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    Requirement Analysis
    - Understand project requirement thoroughly before you jump
    on the development part
    

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    Requirement Analysis
    - Understand project requirement thoroughly before you jump
    on the development part
    

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    Extra point:
    - Control your emotions when there is a change in
    requirement
    

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    “Change is the only Constant”
    “Boss (Client) is always right”
    

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71. hacknagpur.
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    Requirement Analysis
    - Understand project requirement thoroughly before you jump
    on the development part
    - Corner cases and User scenarios
    

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72. hacknagpur.
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    Requirement Analysis
    - Understand project requirement thoroughly before you jump
    on the development part
    - Corner cases and User scenarios
    - Request for the documentation (SRS, User stories)
    

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    Analysis skill
    - Ask the right questions
    - Make no assumptions
    - Realise what you don’t know
    

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74. Eat & Relax
    

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    Eat & Relax
    - Take enough rest
    - Maintain schedule
    - Go for walk
    - Give time for yourself
    CLEAR OUT CACHE
    

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    Concluding...
    - Learn and add at least 1 new skill per year in your resume
    - Attend at least 1 new course in a quarter
    - Follow Goal based learning
    - Keep learning, keep sharing
    - Meet new people and learn from them
    - Follow experts over your favorite media
    - Sharpen your analysis skill
    - Stay passionate!
    Save yourself from Back pain
    

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77. hacknagpur.
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    Remember!
    You can not and Need not to learn everything coming
    out in the market. Make a plan and do Goals based
    learning!
    

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78. hacknagpur.
    Hiring Ninja Developers
    Simform Solutions
    https://www.simform.com/careers/
    paresh@simformsolutions.com
    

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    Slides
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    ● Speakerdeck (Download PDF) http://bit.ly/ninja-dev-hack-nagpur-pdf
    

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81. धन्यवाद
    hacknagpur.
    Paresh Mayani
    Practice Head, Simform Solutions
    Community Organiser, GDG Ahmedabad
    @pareshmayani
    

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