1. Why no one is looking for
"rockstar programmers"
Wiktor Schmidt, netguru
@wiktorschmidt
#karierait
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5. ?
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Egoless
programmer
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8. ● You are not your code
● There is ALWAYS someone that is better
than you that you can learn from
● There is ALWAYS someone that is worse
than you that you can teach
● Critique other people's code not other people
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Team player
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10. Things you should never say
● works on my machine
● blame shows me that Joe commited this line
● it was like this before my changes
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ABL
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12. Always Be Learning
● Which technology that is relevant today was
relevant 5 years ago?
● Which technology that was relevant 5 years
ago is relevant today?
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Be a "T" person
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15. 5
Be "relentlessly
resourceful"
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16. Q: Dad, is there a word to describe answers
that are completely correct but entirely useless
under the circumstances?
A: Yes, yes there is.
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18. There is a problem.
OK. I'm going to solve it.
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19. What now?
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20. What now?
● learn a new technology (can I recommend
Ruby? ;) - strive to learn a new one every
few months
● go through someones open source code,
improve it and send a pull request
● if there is a problem in your workplace or
university volunteer to fix it
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21. Thank you
Question / comments?
● twitter: @wiktorschmidt
● email: wiktor@netguru.co
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