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27 Ways To Be A Better Developer (PHPBenelux 2011)
The document presents a talk by Lorna Mitchell and Ivo Jansch at phpBenelux 2011, emphasizing the importance of building relationships, continuous learning, and maintaining good health for developers. It includes various tips and resources, like effective communication strategies, the significance of organization, and the value of seeking knowledge. The presentation also references multiple online resources and credits images used during the talk.
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27 Ways To Be A Better Developer (PHPBenelux 2011)
- 1. PHPBenelux 2011 Lorna Mitchell Ivo Jansch
- 2. 1. See ThisTalk
- 3. 2. Participate InCommunities
- 4. 3. Build Relationships,Not Systems
- 5. “The greatest missingskill is somebody who's both good at understanding the engineering and who has good relationships with the hard-core engineers, and bridges that to working with the customers.” Bill Gates
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- 7. 5. Learn ToSpeak Manager
- 8. BINGO CHART Planning Revenue Mindshare Stock Win-Win Paradigm Stake- Spin-off Mission holder Eyeballs Profit Monetize CxO Downsize Branding
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- 10. 7. Learn ToGoogle
- 11. Would I Generalize be the A Problem the only one? Problem Yes No Solved Minimize Found Broad Scenario Search Found Get help Narrow Search Post
- 12. 8. Ask QuestionsBut Learn To Fish
- 13. "Give a mana fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." Chinese Proverb
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- 15. #linktuesday http://phpdeveloper.org http://techportal.ibuildings.com http://devzone.zend.com http://phparch.com
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- 17. 11. Take ItOne Step At A Time
- 18. Pick a new technology Master Explore Get Comfortable
- 19. 12. Keep YourHands Dirty
- 20. 13. Less =More
- 21. “Perfection is achieved,not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- 22. Conference Speaker Event Entity Organizer Person Attendee ok better bad
- 23. 14. Code ForToday
- 24. 15. Cut YourLosses
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- 26. Evaluate Apply Learn Improve Continuous Evaluation
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- 28. 18. Inside Out vs Outside In
- 29. 19. Learn OtherLanguages
- 30. <?php System.out.print(‘Hello’); ?>
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- 32. 21. Bitwise ProblemSearch
- 33. Good Bad r1 r484 r968 Good Bad Bad r484 r726 r968 ... Good First Bad Commit Bad r512 r513 r514
- 34. git bisect + unit test = lightning fast problem pinpoint
- 35. 22. The Dunning-KrugerEffect
- 36. Unawareness Overestimation What you What there What you think you What you is to think could know know you know know ‘I know everything’ “Seniors”
- 37. Awareness Modesty What What What you you What there think you think you is to could you know know know know ‘I know what I don’t know’ Actual Seniors
- 38. 23. Use TheForce
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- 41. 26. Get OutOf Your Comfort Zone
- 42. 27. Have ARole Model, Be A Role Model
- 43. Thank you! Lorna Mitchell Ivo Jansch http://www.lornajane.net http://www.egeniq.com @lornajane @ijansch Please rate this talk at http://joind.in/2411 Come see us at ______ The full credits for the pictures in this presentation can be found in the slide deck online.
- 44. Resources The following URLSpoint to relevant information. If you liked the presentation, you are going to want to have a look at the following sites: • Sleep Well - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/23/coders_insomnia_mental_hygiene/ On the Be Healthy slide, we talked about how good health improves your development skills. This is an interesting article about recommended sleep hygiene for programmers. • Getting Things Done - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done On the ‘Be Organized’ slide, we discussed how you can structure the way you work. This wikipedia article is a great starting point. • How To Ask Questions The Smart Way - http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html This article by Eric Raymond goes with the item about asking questions. • The Passionate Programmer - http://pragprog.com/titles/cfcar2/the-passionate-programmer In the ‘Passion’ item, we mentioned a book by the pragmatic programmers. This is the URL for it.
- 45. Credits The following pictureswere used in this presentation. All images are licensed with a creative common license. • ‘#27’ by Dwayne Madden - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dj-dwayne/4553167357/ • ‘This Way’ by Steve Snodgrass - http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevensnodgrass/4906011803/ • ‘I don’t want to be your ...’ by Josh Pesavento - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pezz/3785769013/ • ‘Matt Dillon kicks off ...’ by Yodel Anecdotal - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yodelanecdotal/499434961/ • ‘Still Human’ by Quinn Dombrowski - http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/3821448668/ • ‘Good Friends’ by Juliana Coutinho - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngmmemuda/4166182931/ • ‘TAM London Audience’ by Matt Brown - http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/3977320759/ • ‘Crowd in DPC’ by Juozas Kaziukenas - http://www.flickr.com/photos/juokaz/4702578495/ • ‘The Bridge’ by Ian Carroll - http://www.flickr.com/photos/iancarroll/3050791327/ • ‘Bingo Night’ by Robert Banh - http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertbanh/3319821124/ • Untitled by Kristina Sohappy - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristina-sohappy/4242102266/ • ‘ZendCon Tutorial Day’ by Andries Seutens - http://www.flickr.com/photos/andriesss/4027902414/ • ‘Google Logo in Building43’ by Robert Scoble - http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/4249731778/ • ‘Tiffus teaching Hoonan how to fish by Brett Kelly - http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkedmn/758241963/ • ‘Programming related books at home, RHS’ by Michael Fogus - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fogus/2629211069/ • ‘Darts of Pleasure’ by Melissa Gray - http://www.flickr.com/photos/melissagray/4002863212/ • ‘One step at a time’ by Fernando de Sousa - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando/150271931/ • ‘War and Peace Show’ by Growl Roar - http://www.flickr.com/photos/growlroar/4821487849/ • ‘Less is more? More than what?’ by Theilr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/theilr/2200873034/ • ‘Spaghetti’ by Cyclonebill - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclonebill/2223412838/
- 46. Credits The following pictureswere used in this presentation. All images are licensed with a creative common license. • Untitled by Eduard Orbitron - http://www.flickr.com/photos/eduardorbitron/5187761681/ • ‘Riverside and I-35’ by Dustin Coates - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dustinc/577521134/ • ‘Drawer Organizers’ by Rubbermaid Products - http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubbermaid/4545308035/ • ‘Complicated Sign’ by Redvers - http://www.flickr.com/photos/redvers/1249510693/ • ‘Library Refresh’ by Mike McCune - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mccun934/5000045252/ • ‘The requisite startup foosball table’ by Quami77 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakshaving/3795071232/ • ‘Haystack’ by Fod Tzellos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fod/237453417/ • ‘Red Lion Denver Southeast Fitness Center’ by Red Lion - http://www.flickr.com/photos/43536733@N03/4009413538/ • ‘Fire’ by Matthew Venn - http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewvenn/366986755/ • ‘Main conference room’ by Felix de Vliegher - http://www.flickr.com/photos/felixdv/2579551939/ • ‘Matthew Weier-O’Phinney’ by Juozas Kaziukenas - http://www.flickr.com/photos/juokaz/4702577233/ We have used other materials, such as the Dilbert and XKCD comics and the Yoda picture from Star Wars, under the assumptions that embedding them is fair use; they are copyrighted by their respective owners. Sources: • http://www.dilbert.com • http://www.xkcd.org • http://www.starwars.com