27 Ways To Be A Better Developer

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

4. Use Analogies

5. Learn To Speak Manager

BINGO CHART Planning Revenue Mindshare Stock Win-Win Paradigm Stake-Spin-off Mission holder Eyeballs Proﬁt Monetize CxO Downsize Branding

6. Teach

7. Learn To Google

Would IGeneralize be the A Problem the only one? Problem Yes No Solved Minimize Found Broad Scenario Search Found Get help Narrow Search Post

8. Ask Questions But Learn To Fish

"Give a man a ﬁsh and you feedhim for a day. Teach a man to ﬁshand you feed him for a lifetime." Chinese Proverb

9. Keep Reading

#linktuesday http://phpdeveloper.org http://techportal.ibuildings.comhttp://devzone.zend.com http://phparch.com

10. Plan Ahead

11. Take It One Step At A Time

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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