Full Skill Developer

Slides to my Keynote at Unkof in Mannheim 2019.

Transcript

1. WHAT YOU NEED TO BE A
   FULL SKILL DEVELOPER
   

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2. !
   HI!
   

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3. !
   BACKGROUND
   ▸ Frontend developer
   ▸
   !
   JavaScript
   ▸
   "
   ->
   #
   ->
   

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4. FULL SKILL DEVELOPER?
   

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5. FULL SKILL DEVELOPER
   DISCLAIMER
   

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6. HARD SKILLS
   

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7. SOFT SKILLS
   

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8. HARD SKILLS vs SOFT SKILLS?
   

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9. HARD SKILLS & SOFT SKILLS
   Nearly 72% of CEOs believe that soft skills are more important to the
   success of their business than hard skills.
   - SMB World survey in 2016
   

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10. HARD SKILLS & SOFT SKILLS
    Nearly 72% of CEOs believe that soft skills are more important to the
    success of their business than hard skills.
    - SMB World survey in 2016
    94% of recruiters believe that top-notch soft skills outweigh
    experience.
    - Forbes (2017)
    

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11. OVERVIEW
    ▸ Mindset
    ▸ Teamwork
    ▸ Coding
    

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12. MINDSET
    

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13. PROFESSIONALISM
    Never forget, for whom you build software.
    

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14. RESPONSIBILITY
    You are the responsible for the quality of your software.
    

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15. OWNERSHIP
    Own the product, not just the code.
    

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16. SHARING IS CARING!
    Be gracious with knowledge and information.
    

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17. HUMBLENESS
    The people who are best at programming are the people who realize how
    small their brains are. They are humble.
    Edsger Dijkstra, The Humble Programmer
    

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18. RESPECT
    Respect every craft!
    

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19. OPEN-MINDEDNESS
    Fit the tool to the task.
    

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20. EMPATHY
    Always assume positive intent.
    

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21. TEAMSPORT
    

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22. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS ARE
    MORE IMPORTANT
    THAN CODING
    ALMOST
    

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23. CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK
    Learn to give and to receive feedback.
    

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24. BE A MENTOR
    

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25. BE A STUDENT
    

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26. COMMUNICATION IS KEY
    Learn how to communicate clear and precise.
    

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27. DIVERSE INTERESTS
    Don't be "the nerd".
    

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28. CODE
    

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29. BEST PRACTICES
    Keep up to date with modern Best Practices.
    

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30. READABILITY
    Write code for people to read, not machines.
    

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31. MAINTAINABILITY AND EXTENSIBILITY
    Good code is easy to maintain and extend!
    

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32. RELIABILITY
    Test your code.
    

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33. RELIABILITY
    Test your code.
    Code without tests is Legacy Code.
    

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34. REALLY: TEST YOUR CODE!
    

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35. ALWAYS REFACTOR
    Continuous and uncompromising refactoring.
    

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36. ALWAYS REFACTOR
    Continuous and uncompromising refactoring.
    Leave the code better than you found it.
    

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37. LET IT GO
    

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38. THANKS!
    ▸ tiny.cc/full-skill-dev-twitter
    !
    @mirjam_diala
    "
    programmiri
    

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