Ding! Leveling Up Via Soft Skills - Gainesville BarCamp

There are plenty of resources describing the technical aspects of learning to program. However, there are remarkably few for how to actually become a developer. While there are plenty of Fine Manuals to read on the languages, services and technologies involved in software development, few sources cover how to actually become a developer. Jared Koumentis will share his experiences, talk about some soft skills important to becoming a better developer, and how to grow yourself going forward.

Transcript

1. Hello! Gainesville! BarCamp!
2. @shepbook! on the! interwebs
3. Founder,! Apogee Zenith
4. Web App! Development! and! Operational! Support.! (Think, DevOps mercenaries! who solve your problems.)
5. Who is this talk for?
6. What is this! talk about?
7. What isn’t this! talk about?
8. Career! vs! Job
9. Code as Craft
10. Thinking like! an Artisan
11. Goals
12. What to aim for?
13. What are you! working on next?
14. What technology! should you study?
15. Old, Rusty Trusty! vs! New, Shiny Hotness
16. Old, Rusty Trusty Attr: Don Graham - cc-by-sa 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/23155134@N06/
17. New, Shiny Hotness Attr: Steve Jurvetson - cc-by 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/
18. The Balance Attr: order_242 - cc-by-sa 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/juanelo242a/
19. People Skills
20. Criticism
21. Criticizing! an Idea Criticizing! a person
22. Word of Warning
23. Let People! Be Wrong.
24. Politics…! Help others help! themselves.
25. However…! Make yourself known.
26. What kind of! developer are you?! (or what kind do you! want to become?)
27. Language! Specialization
28. 10,000 Hours! in 1 language
29. 10,000 Hours! in 1 language 1,000 Hours! in 10 languages
30. Frontend! vs! Backend! Development
31. But…! What about the! Polyglot Programmer?
32. Types of Jobs! Small Company! Medium Company! Large Company
33. Types of Jobs! Small Company! Medium Company! Large Company
34. Types of Jobs! Small Company! Medium Company! Large Company
35. Types of Jobs! Small Company! Medium Company! Large Company
36. Professionalism
37. Taking Responsibility
38. Taking Responsibility! Standing on Principle
39. Taking Responsibility! Standing on Principle! Job Done Right
40. Taking Responsibility! Standing on Principle! Job Done Right! I Don’t Know
41. Taking Responsibility! Standing on Principle! Job Done Right! I Don’t Know! Consistency
42. Side Note:! Saying “No” ! and the! Importance! of “FU” Money
43. Time Management
44. To Do! vs! Done
45. Fake it till! you make it
46. Lie it till! you make it Not
47. Confidence
48. Building Your! Confidence
49. Start with the Small Wins
50. The Weekend Project
51. Contribute to! Open Source
52. Technology! Religions
53. Technology! Religions! or The First Church of! < insert editor here >
54. We’re all guilty! at some level
55. Community! vs! Religiosity
56. Let People! Be Wrong.
57. Learning! to! Learn
58. "Education is! what remains! after one has! forgotten! everything he! learned in! school."
59. Reality Check:! Software! Development! Changes.
60. © Allie Brosh of Hyperbole and a Half http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
61. Grokking! New Technology
62. Foothills! of! Interest
63. Ridge of Initial! Understanding
64. Local Maxima! of Unknown! Unknowns
65. Peak of! “Complete! Understanding”
66. Crevasse of! Despair
67. Plateau of! Productive Knowledge
68. Build! Something! Small
69. Read! Other’s! Code
70. Finding! Community
71. Finding! a Mentor
72. Do they do what! I want to do?
73. Have they helped! others do what! they do?
74. Can you get! along! with them?
75. Recruiting! a Mentor
76. Be persistent
77. Show interest in! making personal! progress.! (on your own)
78. Offer to Buy! Them Lunch.
79. Questions?! Comments?! Thoughts?! ! ! @shepbook! jared@apogeezenith.com