From Journeyman to Master

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From Journeyman to Master CodeOnTheBeach, 2013 Ovidiu Dimulescu @odimulescu speakerdeck.com/odimulescu

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The opinions and views expressed in this talk are my own, and do not necessarily reﬂect the opinions or views of my employer.

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Motivation

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Motivation

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Motivation

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Motivation

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Motivation Team Lead Manager System Engineer Consultant Entrepreneur Technical Sales Solution Architect Etc.

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Challenge

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Challenge

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Challenge

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Challenge 10,000 hours rule Dr. K. Anders Ericsson

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Quality over quantity

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Work smarter not harder

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Challenge

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Know what you need to know

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Learning Avenues Direct User Groups Conferences Online materials Open Source Projects Writing / Speaking / Mentoring

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“Those who teach learn most”

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Challenge

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WHY?

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Questions more important then answers

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5 Whys - Root Cause Analysis - Eric Reis

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Challenge

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“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” ―Dalai Lama

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You can't change anything by ﬁghting or resisting it. You change something by making it obsolete through superior models. - Buckminster Fuller

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Regret the things you did, rather then didn’t

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Seek ﬁrst to understand then to be understood ...

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Culture - Trust

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32 Logging Metrics Performance Security Platform Beyond 127.0.0.1

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33 Application Platform OS Infrastructure Dev Ops DevOps Beyond 127.0.0.1

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34 Beyond ___________

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35 Async Programming Functional Programming Polyglot Programming Polyglot Persistence SOLID Design Patterns Testing xDD Technical

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37 Big picture, systems view Non-Technical Work, *ilities Organizational politics Lead by Inﬂuence Role not a Title Architecture

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38 Dear Pessimist, Optimist and Realist, While you were arguing whether the glass is half full or half empty, I ... The ...

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39 Dear Pessimist, Optimist and Realist: While you were arguing whether the glass is half full or half empty, I drank it. - Opportunist

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40 Dear Pessimist, Optimist and Realist, While you were arguing whether the glass is half full or half empty, I sold it. - Capitalist

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41 “It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.” - Denis Waitley

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Questions ? Ovidiu Dimulescu @odimulescu speakerdeck.com/odimulescu

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Resources Pragmatic Programmer, by Andrew Hunt and Dave Thomas Productive Programmer, by Neal Ford Soft skills for IT Pros, by Tech Republic Design Patterns, by Eric Gramma & all Who doesn't believe in Magic, by Kate Matsudaira Operations Management, by Wikipedia Systems Thinking, by Wikipedia Who Needs an Architect, by Martin Fowler http://bredemeyer.com/ DevOps and Cloud, by Matt Zimmerman The 5 Whys, by Eric Reis