How to be a great developer

I wanted to give a talk to some new developers covering the things I've learned over the last 10 years of working in this industry. This is a short presentation with two key points: Be a sponge, and Be a Teacher

Transcript

1. Developing
   is a lot like
   cooking
   

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2. SPONGE
   BE A
   

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3. TEACHER
   BE A
   

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4. SPONGE
   BE A
   

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5. Follow great
   developers
   

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6. uptodate.frontendrescue.org
   

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7. uptodate.frontendrescue.org
   

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8. uptodate.frontendrescue.org
   

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9. uptodate.frontendrescue.org
   

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10. PAY ATTENTION
    

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11. Before I was a
    developer I was A…
    

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12. Designer
    

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13. At night I
    was reading
    about code
    

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14. embrace change
    

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15. embrace change
    (and failure)
    

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16. embrace change
    (sooooooo much failure)
    

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17. storytime
    

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18. Happiness
    Time
    

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19. Happiness
    Time
    This is you
    

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20. Happiness
    Time
    

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21. You in 6 - 12 months
    Happiness
    Time
    

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22. Happiness
    Time
    

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23. you will also go
    through this curve
    

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24. But you’ll survive
    

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25. “An expert is a person who has
    made all the mistakes that can be
    made in a very narrow field.”
    - Niels Bohr
    

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26. TEACHER
    BE A
    

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27. Write a blog
    

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28. Publish 10 posts
    

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29. Share on
    reddit
    

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30. Share on
    reddit
    (there will be trolls)
    

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31. Give a Talk
    

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32. no. 1 Fear:
    Public
    speaking
    Source: America’s top fears: Public speaking, heights and bugs
    

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35. Give a talk to
    your team
    

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36. Try a meet up
    

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37. Then go for a
    conference
    

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38. zachholman.com/talk/the-talk-on-talks
    

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40. Share some Code
    

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41. Create something
    entirely new
    

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42. Contribute to an
    existing project
    

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43. “This is what often holds me back
    from publishing a project or code:
    to be judged by other devs how I've
    written my code/project.”
    

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44. “If they hate then let ‘em hate
    and watch the money pile up.”
    - Niels Bohr
    

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45. “If they hate then let ‘em hate
    and watch the money pile up.”
    - Niels Bohr
    - Kanye West
    

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46. SPONGE
    BE A
    

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47. TEACHER
    BE A
    

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48. THANKS!
    @rob_dodson
    +RobDodson
    

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