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- 1. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com At First, Let Yourself Be “Bad” At Drupal 8 Accept the Inevitable Parts of Learning
- 3. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Kevin Davison 30+ jobs since teen years Missionary evangelist 🙏🏻 20 years Web design / devel 8 years w/ Drupal 6, 7, 8… Owner of ~3 internet businesses 1 bankruptcy (‘97) 💸 Survived 3 dot-com ☠️ start-up’s 2010 SFSU college graduate 🎓 Still learning at 42 years young Technical PM / CSM / Architect 3
- 7. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Fear the reaper? Drupal 8 is disruptive! 7
- 13. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Knowledge Doubling Every 12 Months We are in a time of tremendous change! Artificial intelligence Virtual reality Quantum computing Cool space stuff Three-parent babies! Soon to be Every 12 Hours! http://www.industrytap.com/knowledge-doubling-every-12-months-soon-to-be-every-12-hours/3950
- 14. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com “In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” ― Eric Hoffer
- 15. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com It’s our knowledge and experience, not our technical skills. Our value is in our knowledge and the application of that knowledge. — Paul Boag 10/11/2016 Audio Insights
- 19. answers@hook42.com 19 Our brains are as fresh as a newborn baby’s Life-long “neuroplasticity” “The adult brain… continues creating neurons within the regions normally involved in learning. These new neurons show the same plasticity as those of newborns.” —John Medina, Brain Rules 19
- 20. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Re-learning to learn Let’s try to hack our brains a little bit… (say “no” to drugs)
- 21. answers@hook42.com 21 The ANEW Model Aspiration Neutral self-awareness Endless curiosity Willingness to be bad first • by Erika Andersen 21
- 22. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Aspiration: Ya Gotta Wanna “We often confuse being interested in the possibility of something with actually wanting to achieve it.” “We only do those things that we want to do more than any other option that’s available to us in a given situation.” The ANEW Model
- 23. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Neutral self-awareness “The American Idol Syndrome” Listen to what you’re telling yourself — is it accurate? “I know what I’m doing…” “I don’t know what I’m doing…” How do others see you? The ANEW Model
- 25. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Neutral self-awareness How do you see yourself, your personality? Keirsey Temperament Sorter-II (KTSII) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) personality inventory The Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI) The ANEW Model
- 26. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Endless curiosity Get an itch to learn something new. “A deep and abiding need to understand and master.” Find your curiosity “sparks” The ANEW Model
- 27. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Willingness to be bad first The Trap of Competence Be “comfortable with being uncomfortable.” My experience learning [Drupal 8]… The ANEW Model
- 28. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com “Aspiration provides the core fuel that will move you forward into new learning; neutral self-awareness allows you to see where you are on the journey. And curiosity creates the impulse to dig deeply and understand more.” — Erika Andersen
- 29. answers@hook42.com 29 Meta-Learning Methods Deconstruction Selection Sequencing Stakes • By Tim Ferriss 29
- 30. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Deconstruction What are the LEGO blocks? "Students are subordinate to materials...Material beats method.” - Tim Ferriss Meta-Learning Methods
- 31. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Selection Which 20% of the blocks will give me 80% of the outcomes I want? “Do as little as possible, not as much as possible” - Henk Kraaijenhof Meta-Learning Methods
- 32. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Sequencing In what order should I learn the blocks? Don’t run out and register for a class on OOP (object oriented programming) just yet… Meta-Learning Methods
- 33. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Stakes How do I set up real stakes to guarantee follow-through? Real consequences… • Drupal mentorship • Just take on a new D8 project! • Put your 💵 on it: www.stickk.com Meta-Learning Methods
- 34. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com Don’t fear the reaper I love Drupal 8! New career opportunities It only gets better from here Experience Drupal 8 34
- 35. answers@hook42.comanswers@hook42.com “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” —Michelangelo
- 36. answers@hook42.com 36 What are you learning? Mastering / learning the skillz… Ideas to build our experience? Share some wins / failures?
- 37. answers@hook42.com 37 Personality profiles keirsey.com (FREE / $9.95 - $19.95) mbtionline.com ($49.95) enneagraminstitute.com ($12) personal.psu.edu/~j5j/IPIP/ (FREE)
Editor's Notes
- Let’s take off w/ introductions…
- The point with my introduction is to say, “I’m still learning… and I’ve failed a lot too.”
- As on next slide…
- (SHOW OF HANDS) Besides these areas, how about marketing? Sales? Hobbyist? Or BRAND NEW TO DRUPAL?
- Who, like myself, has felt a little frustrated with Drupal 8? And all of the technologies surrounding it? We’re here to learn… and I feel that this presentation will open your mind to the possibilities. I hope you’ll walk out of here feeling encouraged and empowered.
- Notes about Dries’ keynote, etc.
- We are all life-long (Drupal) learners. Where do you feel like you are today?
- But there’s a lot to know about these days…
- And are we suppose to be experts in this too?
- This is what our world looks like, and we’re expected to know something about all of this. To help our clients make decisions from this messy landscape!
- Have you seen recruiter emails like this? You’re expected to have the knowledge and the skills of an expert in every area. But they can’t be serious…
- All HUMAN knowledge is… And how do we keep up with this? Should I just stay in college for the rest of my life?
- We’ll never know everything, and if we think we know everything—we’re in trouble.
- READ: SKILLS expire (Flash, Cold Fusion, Clipper) EXPERIENCE LASTS: We live in a knowledge economy. One that values our ability to make informed decisions and pick the right approach. This kind of subjective decision making is not something that will be automated. There will always be a need for experts to identify the right approach. As for the rest, let it go! Embrace the new generation of tools that frees us up from those details and allows us to focus on the bigger picture.
- Robots cannot replace us! At least, not any time soon…
- Michaelangelo, we’re told, would say this a lot… In Rome, 1507, Pope Julius the II demanded that he paint the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel. Has anyone been to the Sistene Chapel? It’s beautiful. Lots of looking UP… He was a sculptor, didn’t consider himself a painter. He had never done this sort of thing before with frescos. He didn’t want to do it, but he didn’t really have a choice. He had multiple problems to solve, including innovative scaffolding with a moving platform, methods of application that would avoid mold. He failed, re-painted areas, and told the Pope “painting is not my art— I cannot succeed.” But he finished in four years, created new methods of fresco application that are still used today, and became an expert.
- Before we talk about learning, consider this… As molecular biologist and brain scientist John Medina notes in his book Brain Rules, “Researchers have shown that some regions of the adult brain stay as malleable as a baby’s brain, so we can grow new connections, strengthen existing connections, and even create new neurons, allowing all of us to be lifelong learners. The adult brain… continues creating neurons within the regions normally involved in learning. These new neurons show the same plasticity as those of newborns.” [^Andersen, Erika (2016-03-08). Be Bad First: Get Good at Things Fast to Stay Ready for the Future (Kindle Locations 369-372). Bibliomotion, Inc.. Kindle Edition.]
- Let’s learn to learn strategically. The answer’s not to run back to college or take a general CS class to learn what you need to. Let’s try to be strategic…
- I’d like to introduce the ANEW model, the child of Erika Andersen.
- You’re here. That’s enough aspiration to start with, and you’re here probably because you want to. Think of some things you don’t want to do but you do anyway… Cleaning the toilet analogy… There are some things we learn or do simply because the alternative is not what we want. Think, are there benefits to gain in learning Drupal 8? Increased income? Long-term value? Improved life? Andersen, Erika (2016-03-08). Be Bad First: Get Good at Things Fast to Stay Ready for the Future (Kindle Locations 889-890). Bibliomotion, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
- Exaggerated example w/ American Idol. Do they really think they’re GOOD? Can’t they see that? Boo’d off the stage, and they still insist they’re the best. “Recognizing what you’re saying inside your head is the first step to being able to have more control over it.”
- It’s a time for change, but the experience we brought with us is valuable. Be careful about the assumptions we make about ourselves. To me, this either means that we’re at odds with the next generation OR that we don’t want to be left behind. But I think it’s just about retiring Drupal itself.
- This could be life-changing to experience, or just provide a little insight. If you’re banging your head against a wall, that wall may an inappropriate learning style for your personality. Learn about yourself. It may be insightful and rewarding. I’m an “ENFP,” and it explains almost everything 😣 http://www.keirsey.com (FREE / $9.95 - $19.95) https://www.mbtionline.com ($49.95) https://www.enneagraminstitute.com ($12) Others… http://www.personal.psu.edu/~j5j/IPIP/ (FREE)
- Write down what you’re thinking and cultivate that. Try asking yourself… I wonder if I could do that? Why does that happen? How can I find out more? Why isn’t that like this? I wonder what would happen if I tried this? AVOID… Not… That’s boring. Who cares? I already knew that. That doesn’t matter. That’s silly. Whatever, dude.
- Lastly… we feel comfortable being in that safe place. I struggled with D8, mostly in fear of OOP. I interviewed my co-workers about OOP, Jeff really helped me out, and I dug in. I’m a visual learner, as I learned from my personality profiling, so I plugged in and binged watched some Drupalcon videos. I followed my “sparks.” And I took on some projects that held me accountable to learn Drupal 8. I was ready to give up. In fact, I wrote a blog post I’ll never publish but it was my way to vent. Most of us, as adults, deeply dislike and strongly resist the novice state, that clumsy, helpless feeling of not understanding and not being able to do something
- I hope this helps a little so far? In this model… [READ]
- Compare and contrast to gain some parts you’ll try out. Wrote 4-hour workweek. A life / body /time hacker. Fun to listen to his podcasts. I couldn’t help but throw this in… and I’ll burn through it if there’s time.
- The better your ingredients, the better something will be (or taste). Don’t waste time on broad topics to learn. Tear it down and focus. Whenever I describe Drupal to clients, I use this LEGO analogy too. Same for learning new things. Reducing - Making Bite-Sized Pieces Interviewing - Learning From The Experts Identify the failure points, make it safe to learn Ask questions
- Find the MED (minimum effective dose) Choose that one small and powerful area to devote your effort to because you’ll enjoy it the most. Learn VIEWS! Or TWIG. Something truly useful and powerful that can be used right now. Get some immediate feedback and encouragement. Henk Kraaijenhof, Performance consultant, Sports mostly…
- IDEA: "How badly can you mangle the recipe and still get something incredible?" "How do you cut time without cutting corners?”
- I did this by taking on a project, being responsible for that outcome. Try it out on Pantheon. Some use anti-charities, so if you fail your goal you’ll have to give to something you don’t want to. Or even better to one you DO want to…
- Drupal 8 represents opportunity, to me.
- Think big! Michelangelo may not have wanted to build the Sistene Chapel. He was a sculptor, not a freso guy. Something he had gave him the energy to learn to be a master at anything, even if he didn’t want to.
- I’d like to open it up to discussion!
- That’s when I had hair…