Developer - Develop yourself!

I invite you for a story about things you can do as developers to keep developing yourself. I will tell you about workshops, hackathons, code review techniques, blog writing, attending and speaking at conferences, sharing knowledge and a lot more. All those activities support learning new things, experimenting and having fun. Without that we have only our day-to-day job that can be tough or boring. Everything comes from my personal experience. I will show you examples with do’s and don’ts. I will share lot’s of tips how to introduce those techniques at your work.

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1. Developer - develop yourself! Bartek Zdanowski 1 @bartekzdanowski
2. DDY Hello, hello! Bartek Zdanowski @bartekzdanowski 2
3. DDY Hello, hello! developer @ I love RC planes and Taekwondo father and husband :) 3
4. DDY agenda ▪ why should I develop myself? ▪ books ▪ standups ▪ code review ▪ retrospectives ▪ blogging ▪ attending conferences ▪ speaking at conferences ▪ open source 4
5. DDY agenda ▪ infobar ▪ workshops ▪ hackathons ▪ certificates & trainings ▪ hacking space ▪ other ideas ▪ summary 5
6. DDY why should I develop myself? 6
7. DDY books 7
8. DDY books ▪ e-books - instantly ▪ printed books - in a few days 8
9. DDY books ▪ e-books - instantly • directly from Publisher • pragprog, manning, o’reilly • shared storage - samba, NFS, owncloud, etc. 9
10. books 10
11. DDY books ▪ printed books - in a few days • o’reilly, manning • bookdepository.com free shipping + no customs duties one - two weeks 11
12. books 12
13. books 13
14. books 14
15. DDY books ▪ for company means only a few bucks ▪ orders list page ▪ books list page, rating and who borrowed which 15
16. DDY daily stand-up 16
17. DDY stand-up ▪ briefly ▪ what I did ▪ what I will do ▪ what are my obstacles/problems 17
18. DDY stand-up ▪ same time everyday ▪ don’t give up ▪ remotely? Yes, you can! - mail, skype ▪ punishment for absence ▪ enforcement to work - I did nothing, I will be ashamed 18
19. stand-up 19
20. DDY code review 20
21. DDY code review ▪ reveal bugs ASAP ▪ keeps code quality up ▪ points out lazy developers ▪ tracks evolvement of code ▪ fights against siloses ▪ we learn from each other 21
22. DDY code review Examples of techniques and tools ▪ pair programming ▪ with IDE we review a branch at own or other’s computer ▪ github ▪ gitlab ▪ gerrit 22
23. code review 23
24. DDY code review gitlab ▪ candy but nice to use ▪ integration with Sputnik is in beta ▪ very hipster style :P ▪ some people likes it... 24
25. code review 25
26. DDY code review gerrit ▪ powerful but hard in configuration ▪ fast api (+with comments api!) ▪ everybody needs to be admin ▪ roles with +1, +2 ▪ integration with Jenkins and Sputnik ▪ more raw style 26
27. code review 27
28. code review 28
29. DDY code review who does code review? ▪ main architect ▪ every team member ▪ gerrit: additionally somebody with +2 role 29
30. DDY code review since 3 years ▪ I take part with projects with 100% code review ▪ every line that I wrote was reviewed by someone else never more ▪ I will take part in a project without code review 30
31. DDY retrospectives 31
32. DDY retrospectives afterthoughts about project progress and team spirit ▪ every sprint ▪ after project accomplishment 32
33. DDY retrospectives subjects ▪ what was good ▪ what was bad ▪ what is missing ▪ action points 33
34. retrospectives 34
35. retrospectives 35
36. DDY retrospectives why should we do it? ▪ makes us rethink project state and progress ▪ helps identify and resolve problems ▪ creates direction for next progress 36
37. DDY blogging 37
38. DDY ▪ complex tutorials ▪ simple notes ▪ write a solution for the problem that cannot be found in the Internet! blogging 38
39. blogging 39
40. DDY blogging ▪ sharing the knowledge ▪ teammates read your posts ▪ makes one think deeply about the problem ▪ forces to get into the topic and know what’s under the hood 40
41. DDY blogging some tips ▪ have your own blog ▪ let your company’s blog aggregate your posts ▪ in case you leave the company you retain the content 41
42. blogging 42
43. DDY attending conferences 43
44. DDY attending conferences I don’t have to convince you! ▪ lots of knowledge ▪ lots of awesome people ▪ lots of free conferences and meetups 44
45. DDY attending conferences Confitura 2016 ▪ 10th anniversary ▪ free tickets* ▪ 1500 participants * small registration fee $6.5 goes for charity 45
46. attending conferences 46
47. DDY attending conferences Conference catalogs ▪ www.crossweb.pl (in Poland) ▪ www.lanyrd.com ▪ www.meetup.com/find/tech 47
48. attending conferences 48
49. DDY speaking at conferences 49
50. DDY speaking at conferences ▪ presenting - sharing knowledge and experience ▪ Showing off ;-) ▪ digging into the topic ▪ meeting great people - including super stars ▪ visiting other cities and countries ▪ can be refunded by (wise) Employer or conference organizer 50
51. speaking at conferences 51
52. DDY speaking at conferences how to start presenting locally? ▪ make a presentation inside your company ▪ at meetup or JUG ▪ let them record you and put online ▪ speak at small conference (easy to get in) ▪ speak at big conference (as you have some experience) 52
53. DDY speaking at conferences how to speak abroad/globally? ▪ practise speaking English ▪ present locally at big conference ▪ present abroad at local conference (easier to get in) ▪ present at bigger conferences (as you’re experienced speaker :-) ) 53
54. DDY speaking at conferences practice, stupid! ▪ know your topic well - speaking after tutorial sucks! ▪ make clear slides ▪ practise ▪ show yourself inside company ▪ practise ▪ talk at JUGs and meetups ▪ practise ▪ talk at conferences 54
55. speaking at conferences 55
56. DDY open source 56
57. DDY open source ▪ github FTW! ▪ we can join real and advanced projects ▪ we can see the best programmers code ▪ our code can be reviewed by professional programmers 57
58. DDY open source ▪ best way to promote ourselves ▪ easier to find a job ▪ it’s great if your company is open for committing to OSS 58
59. DDY open source personal github account Company’s organization 59
60. DDY infobar 60
61. DDY infobar 61 ▪ have a dedicated mailing list ▪ post interesting links of articles/news to the list ▪ collect all links on shared page ▪ meet and discuss monthly every article
62. DDY infobar 62
63. DDY infobar what to collect? ▪ technical topics ▪ agile related ▪ startup related - what’s new in the World ▪ what big tech companies do ▪ interesting events 63
64. infobar 64
65. infobar 65
66. infobar 66
67. DDY workshops 67
68. DDY workshops ▪ internal ▪ an alternative* ▪ external 68
69. DDY workshops internal ▪ employees lead workshops ▪ regularly (weekly, monthly) ▪ same time and place (ex. Friday at 3pm) ▪ shared page with schedule and topics ▪ person responsible for coordinating 69
70. workshops 70
71. workshops 71
72. DDY workshops alternative ▪ shared page with list of presentation videos ▪ choose one to watch ▪ discuss and sum it up on the page 72
73. DDY workshops 73
74. DDY workshops external ▪ jugs, meetups, conferences ▪ cooperation with training companies ▪ thorough preparing 74
75. workshops 75
76. DDY workshops ▪ JUGs and conferences can refund costs ▪ training companies pay a few times of daily salary ▪ your boss might give you unpaid free day 76
77. DDY hackathons 77
78. DDY hackathons hacking marathon ▪ whole day, 24h, weekend ▪ monthly, quarterly, yearly etc. 78
79. DDY hackathons 79
80. DDY hackathons 80
81. DDY hackathons kinds ▪ software ▪ hardware categories ▪ useful ▪ unuseful 81
82. DDY hackathons why should we do it? ▪ evaluation of new technologies ▪ code refactoring you’d never have time for ▪ new functionalities in your product ▪ ideas useful for your company ▪ crazy ideas ▪ for fun 82
83. DDY hackathons how to prepare? ▪ shared page with ideas - collect any ideas that will arise in the meantime ▪ run registration for projects ▪ have a brief meeting a few days before hackathon ▪ choose coordinating person 83
84. hackathons 84
85. DDY hackathons during hackathon ▪ fixed start and finish hours ▪ official kick-off meeting ▪ pizza, energy drinks, beer (???) ▪ official ending with demos ▪ conclusions and summary on page 85
86. DDY hackathons during hackathon ▪ kick-off • choosing the projects • forming the teams • team > 1 person! • what outcomes do you expect 86
87. hackathons 87
88. hackathons 88
89. hackathons 89
90. hackathons 90
91. hackathons 91
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93. hackathons 93
94. DDY hackathons during hackathon ▪ ending • all project demos • summary of progress • why it failed • what is our point of view on used technologies 94
95. hackathons 95
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99. hackathons 99
100. DDY certificates and trainings 100
101. DDY certificates and trainings ▪ structured knowledge ▪ theory that can be helpful during practise ▪ there are employers that value certificates ▪ certificates are paid 101
102. DDY certificates and trainings MOOC - Massive Online Open Courses ▪ Coursera* ▪ Udacity ▪ edX ▪ MIT OpenCourseWare *lately coursera is going towards paid system 102
103. DDY certificates and trainings The case of my friend Rafal ▪ 26 gained certificates ▪ 31 exams (4 failed) ▪ 3056 h of learning, (avg 2h per day, 1456 days) ▪ 4.5 years of learning streak ▪ 29 372 zl - total cost of books and exams 103
104. DDY hacking space 104
105. DDY hacking space ▪ collaboration space for hacking stuff ▪ sharing expensive or rare tools ▪ shared 3D printer ▪ the place where we can hide from our wives ;) 105
106. hacking space 106
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111. hacking space 111
112. hacking space 112
113. DDY other ideas 113
114. DDY other ideas ▪ atlassian shipit - quarterly ▪ google 20% time - myth or true story? ▪ ATM - Allegro Tech Meeting - yearly 114
115. DDY summary 115
116. DDY summary by your own ▪ books ▪ attending and speaking at conferences ▪ open source ▪ blogging ▪ certificates and trainings ▪ training others 116
117. DDY summary ▪ daily stand up ▪ code review ▪ retrospectives ▪ workshops ▪ hackathons ▪ infobar ▪ hacking space only within your Company 117
118. DDY summary ▪ training others ▪ hacking space ▪ daily stand up ▪ retrospectives ▪ blogging ▪ open source for free (or cheap) 118
119. DDY summary ▪ attending and speaking at conferences ▪ hackathons ▪ certificates and trainings ▪ some books ▪ infobar ▪ workshops ▪ code review expensive 119
120. DDY how convince your manager ▪ gaining skills ▪ raising code quality ▪ creating cool work place ▪ Employees are thankful for ability for self-development ▪ lots of ideas are quite cheap ▪ lots are fun summary 120
121. DDY any questions? 121
122. thank you! Developer - develop yourself! Bartek Zdanowski 122