27 Ways To Be A Better Developer (PHPBenelux 2011)Presentation Transcript
PHPBenelux 2011 Lorna Mitchell Ivo Jansch
1. See This Talk
2. Participate In Communities
3. Build Relationships, Not Systems
“The greatest missing skill is somebody whosboth good at understanding the engineering andwho has good relationships with the hard-coreengineers, and bridges that to working with the customers.” Bill Gates
Pick a new technologyMaster Explore Get Comfortable
12. Keep Your Hands Dirty
13. Less = More
“Perfection is achieved, notwhen there is nothing more toadd, but when there is nothing left to take away” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Conference Speaker Event EntityOrganizer Person Attendee ok better bad
14. Code For Today
15. Cut Your Losses
16. Reflect
EvaluateApply Learn Improve Continuous Evaluation
17. Be Organized
18. Inside Out vs Outside In
19. Learn Other Languages
<?php System.out.print(‘Hello’);?>
20. Take Distance
21. Bitwise Problem Search
Good Bad r1 r484 r968Good Bad Badr484 r726 r968 ...Good First Bad Commit Badr512 r513 r514
git bisect + unit test =lightning fast problem pinpoint
22. The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Unawareness Overestimation What youWhat there What you think you What you is to think could know know you know know ‘I know everything’ “Seniors”
Awareness Modesty WhatWhat What you you Whatthere think you think youis to could you knowknow know know ‘I know what I don’t know’ Actual Seniors
23. Use The Force
24. Be Healthy
25. Passion
26. Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone
27. Have A Role Model, Be A Role Model
Thank you!Lorna Mitchell Ivo Janschhttp://www.lornajane.net http://www.egeniq.com@lornajane @ijansch Please rate this talk at http://joind.in/2411 Come see us at ______ The full credits for the pictures in this presentation can be found in the slide deck online.
ResourcesThe following URLS point to relevant information. If you liked the presentation, you are going to want tohave a look at the following sites:• Sleep Well - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/23/coders_insomnia_mental_hygiene/ On the Be Healthy slide, we talked about how good health improves your development skills. This is an interesting article about recommended sleep hygiene for programmers.• Getting Things Done - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done On the ‘Be Organized’ slide, we discussed how you can structure the way you work. This wikipedia article is a great starting point.• How To Ask Questions The Smart Way - http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html This article by Eric Raymond goes with the item about asking questions.• The Passionate Programmer - http://pragprog.com/titles/cfcar2/the-passionate-programmer In the ‘Passion’ item, we mentioned a book by the pragmatic programmers. This is the URL for it.
CreditsThe following pictures were used in this presentation. All images are licensed with a creative common license.• ‘#27’ by Dwayne Madden - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dj-dwayne/4553167357/• ‘This Way’ by Steve Snodgrass - http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevensnodgrass/4906011803/• ‘I don’t want to be your ...’ by Josh Pesavento - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pezz/3785769013/• ‘Matt Dillon kicks off ...’ by Yodel Anecdotal - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yodelanecdotal/499434961/• ‘Still Human’ by Quinn Dombrowski - http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/3821448668/• ‘Good Friends’ by Juliana Coutinho - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngmmemuda/4166182931/• ‘TAM London Audience’ by Matt Brown - http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/3977320759/• ‘Crowd in DPC’ by Juozas Kaziukenas - http://www.flickr.com/photos/juokaz/4702578495/• ‘The Bridge’ by Ian Carroll - http://www.flickr.com/photos/iancarroll/3050791327/• ‘Bingo Night’ by Robert Banh - http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertbanh/3319821124/• Untitled by Kristina Sohappy - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristina-sohappy/4242102266/• ‘ZendCon Tutorial Day’ by Andries Seutens - http://www.flickr.com/photos/andriesss/4027902414/• ‘Google Logo in Building43’ by Robert Scoble - http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/4249731778/• ‘Tiffus teaching Hoonan how to fish by Brett Kelly - http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkedmn/758241963/• ‘Programming related books at home, RHS’ by Michael Fogus - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fogus/2629211069/• ‘Darts of Pleasure’ by Melissa Gray - http://www.flickr.com/photos/melissagray/4002863212/• ‘One step at a time’ by Fernando de Sousa - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando/150271931/• ‘War and Peace Show’ by Growl Roar - http://www.flickr.com/photos/growlroar/4821487849/• ‘Less is more? More than what?’ by Theilr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/theilr/2200873034/• ‘Spaghetti’ by Cyclonebill - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclonebill/2223412838/
CreditsThe following pictures were used in this presentation. All images are licensed with a creative common license.• Untitled by Eduard Orbitron - http://www.flickr.com/photos/eduardorbitron/5187761681/• ‘Riverside and I-35’ by Dustin Coates - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dustinc/577521134/• ‘Drawer Organizers’ by Rubbermaid Products - http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubbermaid/4545308035/• ‘Complicated Sign’ by Redvers - http://www.flickr.com/photos/redvers/1249510693/• ‘Library Refresh’ by Mike McCune - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mccun934/5000045252/• ‘The requisite startup foosball table’ by Quami77 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakshaving/3795071232/• ‘Haystack’ by Fod Tzellos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fod/237453417/• ‘Red Lion Denver Southeast Fitness Center’ by Red Lion - http://www.flickr.com/photos/43536733@N03/4009413538/• ‘Fire’ by Matthew Venn - http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewvenn/366986755/• ‘Main conference room’ by Felix de Vliegher - http://www.flickr.com/photos/felixdv/2579551939/• ‘Matthew Weier-O’Phinney’ by Juozas Kaziukenas - http://www.flickr.com/photos/juokaz/4702577233/We have used other materials, such as the Dilbert and XKCD comics and the Yoda picture from Star Wars, under the assumptionsthat embedding them is fair use; they are copyrighted by their respective owners. Sources:• http://www.dilbert.com• http://www.xkcd.org• http://www.starwars.com
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