You Know Nothing ... or do you?

Each and every day we encounter the knowledge of thousands of people. We read articles, blog posts, documentation and smart answers on StackOverflow. How can we compete against this well of wisdom?

You might think that you have nothing to add. You'll be surprised how much you actually know.

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1. You Know Nothing or do you?
2. Hi, I'm Sascha - Full Stack Developer / TSA - @grandcentrix in Cologne, Germany - During my career I: - wrote backend services in Java and NodeJS - created responsive websites with CSS, Vue, and Elm - shaped iOS apps with Objective-C and Swift - did some embedded development in C - built big backend systems with Elixir ! wolf4earth | saschawolf.me
4. Knowledge Sharing
9. Intimidating
11. "You're doing it wrong!"
12. A Great Developer - Awesome tech skills - Incredible productivity - High quality code - Blazing fast learner - Some Soft skills
13. Keep learning
14. We're afraid of Embarrassment
15. So we don't ... - answer that StackOverflow question - do that talk on that meetup - offer that help to someone - prepare that workshop - record that video - write that blog post - give input during that meeting
16. Who could blame us?
17. We're working in a fast moving industry
18. Perform and Learn
19. Sounds familiar?
20. My Story Photo by Daniel McCullough on Unsplash
21. Exhaustion Photo by Tim Gouw on Pexels
22. Depression Photo by Sasha Freemind on Unsplash
23. Therapy Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash
24. A New Frame of Mind
25. We focus a lot on Tech Skills
26. Code Ninja & Rockstar Dev
27. Photo by Shane Aldendorff from Pexels
28. Photo by Shane Aldendorff from Pexels
29. Photo by Markus Spiske from Pexels
30. Think of somebody you respect
31. Which qualities do you respect? » Writes awesome code? » Great communication skills? » Empathic and patient? » Fun to interact with? » Interested in a variety of topics? » Prompts you to learn new things? » Probably lots of other things!
32. We're more than a walking Tech Stack Photo by Eli Francis on Unsplash
34. What's the secret to a successful team? — Google (Project Aristotle)
35. Psychological Safety
36. Psychological Safety [the] shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking. [...] A sense of confidence that the team will not embarrass, reject or punish someone for speaking up. — Amy Edmondson (Harvard Business School)1 1 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/what-google-learned-from-its-quest-to-build-the-perfect-team.html
37. Soft Skills
39. Why stop here?
40. Photo by Jamie McInall from Pexels
41. Photo by Ian Gonzalez on Unsplash
42. Tech enables us
43. Tech does not define us
44. Why is this guy telling me all of this? — Maybe you right now?
45. My value = My tech skills?
46. When we define our worth by our tech skills, every critique strongly undermines our self-confidence — My realization
47. Photo by Arnold Dogelis on Unsplash
49. Wholesome Dev
50. Tips & Tricks Photo by Guy Kawasaki on Pexels
51. Ask colleagues what they would ask you
52. Focus on the Learnings not the Mistakes
53. We did the best we could
54. Keep a TIL Record
55. Document the Journey not the Goal Photo by Sharefaith from Pexels
56. Meditation Photo by Simon Migaj on Unsplash
57. Hi again, I'm still Sascha » Husband / Father / Roleplayer / Developer » Vegan for nearly 6 years » Atheist, very interested in theology » Big on bringing compassion into work and life » Techy, full stack dev with a love for FP » Read a lot: SciFi, RPGs, thought-provoking stuff » Interests: game design & gaming, mindfulness, ethics, space exploration, productivity
58. Thank you for listening ! wolf4earth | saschawolf.me