The document provides tips for software developers. It recommends using fast computers with large screens, learning development tools well, and researching new technologies. It also suggests taking breaks, spending time with family, accepting challenges, and analyzing problems thoroughly before coding. The document advises sharing knowledge and code through open source, but also knowing when to use existing libraries and frameworks instead of reimplementing everything. It stresses finding passion in one's work and becoming better over time through learning, teaching, finding mentors, and contributing to open source projects.

2. Be a master of your tool
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Do development on a fast computer;
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Use a big TFT screen;
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Learn your (guitar) IDE.

3. Research new things
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Learn new technology frameworks;
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Don't ask people for advice;
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Ask people for advice.

4. Drugs and Rock'n'Roll
(but not everyday)
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Don't drink too much coffee;
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Do not work more than 12 hours;
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Do not drink before job.

5. Take a rest
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Go for a walk;
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Go to a pub on Friday with your colleagues;
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Spend time with your family.

6. Dive in
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Always dive down deeply
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Do extensive research before you start
coding;
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Always accept challenges;
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Spend more time in analyzing the problem,
you’ll need less time to fix it.

7. Open source it
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Share your code and knowledge;
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Use github to share and find ideas;
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Share you solutions.

8. Re - Implement Everything
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Write email clients, web libraries, music
players, wikis, blogs, mailing lists, irc bots,
news aggregator;
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Write everything interesting;
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Enlarge your own experience.

9. DO NOT Re - Implement Everything
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Use frameworks;
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Use libraries;
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Use other guys’ experience;
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Use patterns.

10. DO NOT make boring things
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Life is too short to spend it for boring thing;
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Find an interesting job;
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Be self motivated;
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Be really good, you have to be in love with
what you do;
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Try to make something really cool!

11. Simple Questions
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Do you have passion and joy?
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Do you pride the thing which you do?
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Do you care about what you do?
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Do you become better than you were one
year (month, week, day) ago?

12. The only way to go fast is to go well

13. Learn
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Read books;
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Participate in discussions;
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Take beer with colleagues;
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Participate in conferences.

14. Teach
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You learn more by helping others;
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Be patient while helping;
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Understanding others’ problem in their
context, investigating on that and providing
solutions; will make you much more educated
than before.

15. Find good mentors
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Join Big company;
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Join small startup;
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Join Open Source project;
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Work with young professionals;
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Work with strong programming heroes.

16. Git hub it
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Share your code at github;
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Contribute to projects that you use;
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Ask other people for a review;
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Make review of other people’s code.

17. KISS
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Keep It Simple and Short

18. Don’t compare yourself with others
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Your comparison of yourself with others will
only result in evolution of negative feelings
and un-healthy competition;
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Know your strengths and weaknesses.

19. BE effective
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Have your own to-do list for the day.
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Do one thing at a time.
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Do it right.
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Don’t finish something until it’s completely
done.
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Better late than sorry, BUT better sorry than
never.

20. Questions?
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