NOVACODECAMP 2019 SPRING EDITION Slides

2. Mindful Coding
Raghu Kanchi
Software Consultant
Twitter: @kanchirk

3. Anyone
thinking to
present?
• Raise your hand if you think the Sun rises from
the East.
• Understand the Solar System
• Spoken word and a Arrow Shot

5. Who are you? Grouping the Audience
Coder
Developer
Engineer
Programmer
Software Architect
Software Test
Software Writer

6. Raise your hand or nod your head if you sometimes think about the task after logging off.
Question

7. Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body

8. Problem is always
between the chair and
keyboard

9. ZEN STORIES
Two Travelling Monks
Two Woodcutters
Two Painters

10. Lets talk about
coding
• The Interview

11. Matter over Mind or
Mind over Matter
Yesterday is …

12. Science of learning

13. What is
Mindfulness?
Steady
Two similar objects appear
different because of the difference
in the mind that perceives them.
Patanjali, Yoga sutras

14. What does the Computer do?

15. Checklist –
UnCommon
Mistakes
Read it slow Typo
Begin with the end
in mind – SRC.
Verify
Environments
Top Down or
Bottom Up.
Write it down.
Explain What you
are doing?
Teach it to
somebody
Take a Break.
Sleep it over Deep breathing
If all else fails it
must be a bug in
the OS or the
Hardware.
Pranayama

16. Focus
PLAN
SMART

17. Practical Tips
• Notifications
Screens
• Thoughts
Meetings
Colleagues
Eliminate
Distractions
Sleep
Pomodoro
Practice Deep
Breathing
Exercising
Meditation
Apps like Calm