How to be a Ninja Developer

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- Guide 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!

Save yourself from Back pain :)

Transcript

1. How to be a
   Ninja Developer
   Paresh Mayani
   @pareshmayani
   

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2. @pareshmayani
   

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3. 3
   Slides
   ● Slides with GIFs https://goo.gl/s4B1tb
   ● Speakerdeck (Download PDF) https://goo.gl/8jPPsc
   

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4. 4
   When we announced #DevFestAhm
   

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5. 5
   When registration started
   

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6. 6
   Thank you all for joining my session
   

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7. Thanks I have your attention
   

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8. 8
   You mean Ninja?
   

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9. 9
   Nope I mean Ninja Developers
   

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10. Ordinary
    Developers
    Ninja
    Developers
    Vs
    

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

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

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13. Learn
    

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14. Read Medium Articles
    - FreeCodeCamp
    - Mindorks
    - Hackernoon
    - DailyJS
    - Google Developers Experts
    

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15. Read Medium Articles
    - FreeCodeCamp
    - Mindorks
    - Hackernoon
    - DailyJS
    - Google Developers
    Experts
    Did you hear about GDG
    Ahmedabad publication?
    

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16. “To think creatively, we must
    be able to look afresh at what
    we normally take for granted”
    - George Keller
    Tip:
    Follow Writers/experts on
    Medium, twitter for learning
    

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17. “To think creatively, we must
    be able to look afresh at what
    we normally take for granted”
    - George Keller
    Exercise:
    Follow people on Twitter
    

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23. Watch Online Videos
    And Courses
    - Udacity
    - Udemy
    - Google Developers
    - LearnWebCode
    - Akashtips
    - MTechViral
    

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24. “To think creatively, we must
    be able to look afresh at what
    we normally take for granted”
    - George Keller
    Exercise:
    Join any 1 online course
    

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25. Attend Events
    - GDG Ahmedabad
    - Ahmedabad Java
    User Group
    - Wordpress Group
    - Startup Saturday
    - eChai
    Find more on Meetup
    

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26. “To think creatively, we must
    be able to look afresh at what
    we normally take for granted”
    - George Keller
    Question:
    Why do you attend events?
    

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27. “To think creatively, we must
    be able to look afresh at what
    we normally take for granted”
    - George Keller
    Exercise:
    Join any 1 meetup group/community
    

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

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

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30. 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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31. Code
    

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

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33. 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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34. 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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35. Open Source Contribution
    - Find open source projects or repository
    

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

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37. 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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38. Open Source Contribution
    - Career opportunity
    

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39. Pair Programming
    

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40. Peer to peer Code Review
    

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41. “To think creatively, we must
    be able to look afresh at what
    we normally take for granted”
    - George Keller
    Exercise:
    Start following Git flow model
    Get your PRs reviewed
    

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42. Network
    

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

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44. Deliver Talks
    - Gets you to connect with
    community members and
    experts
    - More on Slide 44
    

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45. “To think creatively, we must
    be able to look afresh at what
    we normally take for granted”
    - George Keller
    Exercise:
    Take selfie with 5 new people
    and upload over social media
    and tag them
    

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46. Share
    

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47. “To think creatively, we must
    be able to look afresh at what
    we normally take for granted”
    - George Keller
    “Teach is to learn twice”
    

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48. 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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49. “To think creatively, we must
    be able to look afresh at what
    we normally take for granted”
    - George Keller
    Exercise:
    Write a blog on your
    #DevFestAhm experience
    

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

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51. Deliver Talks
    - Submit CFPs
    Objection 1: No one wants to listen me
    

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52. Deliver Talks
    - Submit CFPs
    Objection 1: No one wants to listen me
    Objection 2: I don’t know NOTHING
    

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53. 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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55. Communicate
    

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

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

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58. 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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59. “To think creatively, we must
    be able to look afresh at what
    we normally take for granted”
    - George Keller
    Exercise:
    Start sharing Daily Status
    Update from tomorrow
    

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60. 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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61. 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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62. 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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63. Analysis
    

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

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

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

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67. “To think creatively, we must
    be able to look afresh at what
    we normally take for granted”
    - George Keller
    “Change is the only Constant”
    “Boss (Client) is always right”
    

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68. Requirement Analysis
    - Understand project requirement thoroughly and then
    jump on the development part
    - Corner cases and User scenarios
    

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

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70. Analysis skill
    - Ask the right questions
    

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71. Analysis skill
    - Ask the right questions
    - Make no assumptions
    

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

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73. Eat & Relax
    

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

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75. 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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76. Hiring Ninja Developers
    Simform Solutions
    https://www.simform.co.in/careers/
    paresh@simformsolutions.com
    

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78. Thank you!
    Paresh Mayani, Practice Head @ Simform
    @pareshmayani
    

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79. No Q&A
    

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