This is a short presentation I did at the Microsoft .NET User Group in Detroit on 17th of July on the topic of how individual software developers can be rock star developers.

1. The 4 Hour Programmer
By : Jay Janarthanan

2. About Jay
• 24 Years of coding for money
• Past 10 years on Microsoft Stack
• Obsessed with Developer Productivity
• A big fan of Tim Ferris
• My blog www.JayOnSoftware.com
• LinkedIn “Four Hour Coder” group.

3. Developer Productivity
Its not coding challenges !!

4. Technical
and
Mind Hacks (My Fav)

5. Uninterrupted Time
• 4 to 5 hours of coding
• Headphones don’t work
• Velocity Effect

6. Learn !!!
• Spend 3 to 4 hours a day
• Do Postmortems
• Collect code thus not reinventing

7. Don’t use a Mouse
• Master Keyboard Shortcuts

8. Invest in Tools
And
Understand your Tools

9. Use the Debugger, Luke
Console.WriteLine(); is not debugging

10. Automate Every thing
• Love T4 Templates
• Final Builder Deployment Tool
• PowerShell

11. Mind Hacks
Warning : Not every one believes this but
I am a living proof.

12. •Flow
•Meditation
•Yoga (Any Cardio)
•Watch what you eat
•Life style choices
(* Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)

13. Monitoring your productivity

14. Any Questions ?
www.JayOnSoftware.com
Thank You