Things You Should Have Learned In School
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The document discusses things that should have been learned in school such as computer science applications in different career settings like startups and established companies. It also discusses the author's career path and recommends skills and mindsets for the workplace like using tools effectively, maintaining structure through self-directed productivity and quarterly planning, continuous learning through research and conferences, integrity by keeping promises and allowing failure, maintaining work-life balance through play, and having self-direction with no predefined syllabus or situations one is stuck in. The document uses images to illustrate points about tools, structure, research, integrity, play, and self-direction.
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Things You Should Have Learned In School
- 1. Things You Should Have Learned In School Amye Scavarda amye@acquia.com @msamye Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 2. Computer Science in the Real World Silicon Valley Startup land Established company land Open Source Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 3. How I Got Here Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 4. Where I Am Now Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 5. Things You Should Know: Tools Structure Research Integrity Play Self-Direction Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 6. Tools Working As Part of A Team Ask for what you need Communicating differently in different places Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 7. Tools: Working As A Team legofenris Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 8. Ask for What You Need JD Hancock Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 9. Communication in Different Places prosto Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 10. Structure Being in charge of your own productivity Refining on a regular basis Thinking in Quarters Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 11. Being in Charge of Your Own Productivity hawkexpress Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 12. Refining adforce1 Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 13. Thinking In Quarters andrew_bolin Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 14. Research Conferences, gatherings and other nice things Learning to learn again Unlearning Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 15. Unlearning Tiny Speck Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 16. Integrity Making promises you can keep Keeping those promises Allowing for failure Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 17. Play Finding the space to really enjoy your work Playing well with others Popularly called ‘work life balance’ Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 18. Self Direction No one else is in charge of you You will never be stuck in a situation There is no syllabus Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 19. In conclusion -- Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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- 21. Questions? Tuesday, July 17, 2012