Continuous learning, teaching and the art of improving yourself

If you have ever tried to learn how to code, you know how hard it is. If you succeeded at learning it, by now you should also be aware that it does not stop there.

I’ll cover my personal experience in learning new things, consolidating knowledge and giving back to the community through teaching.

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1. PRODUCTIVITY LEARNING TEACHING
2. PRODUCTIVITY SECTION I
3. WHAT IS PRODUCTIVITY?
4. Productivity is an average measure of the efficiency of production. It can be expressed as the ratio of output to inputs used in the production process, i.e. output per unit of input. from Wikipedia
5. Programming productivity traditionally refers to the ratio between the quantity of software produced and the cost spent for it. Here the delicacy lies in finding a reasonable way to define software quantity. from Wikipedia
6. PERCEIVED PRODUCTIVITY
7. Reach the end of the day happy and confident that you did a good job of completing the tasks at hand. Take quality time for yourself and/or your family without guilt.
8. DAILY PLANNING
9. List all tasks for the day STEP 1
10. Prioritise those tasks STEP 2
11. A - urgent and important STEP 2.1 B - important but not urgent C - unimportant
12. Eisenhower Method STEP 2.2 I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent. by Dwight D. Eisenhower
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18. Write them somewhere you won’t forget STEP 3
19. Do NOT set times for each task STEP 4
20. TIME MANAGEMENT
21. Get things done!
22. Pomodoro Technique
23. 25 min uninterrupted work 5 min break
24. CONTROL YOUR INTERRUPTIONS
25. Set alarms
26. Be responsive on your own terms
27. Control the FOMO
28. if it matters You will know about it
29. DAILY ROUTINES
30. TAME YOUR EDITOR
31. Run tests from the editor
32. Extract repetitive task into shortcuts
33. Change files at the pace of your thoughts* * or close to that
34. Touch type
35. TAKEAWAYS Plan each day Improve your time management skills Focus on the task at hand
36. CONTINUOUS LEARNING SECTION II
37. AS AN INDIVIDUAL
38. Take the time
39. Find a mentor
40. Read books Read articles Listen to podcasts Attend conferences INPUT
41. Learn vs Doing
42. Just in time learning
43. Don’t stop learning
44. AS A COMPANY
45. Pairing
46. Hackathons
47. Development Meetings
48. Friday Talks
49. Book clubs
50. TAKEAWAYS Take the time Balance learning with doing Your company as a learning catalyser
51. WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM FOR A COMMERCIAL BREAK
53. 28-29 October
54. CONTINUOUS TEACHING SECTION III
55. Leave the ego aside
56. In teaching you will learn. by Phil Collins
57. Never too early to teach
58. There is always someone who is where you just were
59. COMMUNITY
60. Universities
61. Conferences
62. Bootcamps
63. Meetups
64. Friday Talks
65. Mentoring
66. Events for kids
67. TAKEAWAYS Care about your students There is always someone you can teach Actively look for places to teach
68. It’s ok not to do any of this, but…
69. There are consequences
70. Obsolete or too specific knowledge
71. No personal brand
72. Miss out on the JOY of learning
73. Thanks!