Does Not Compute

32: Up Your Game

Episode Summary

In episode 32 of Does Not Compute, Sean and Paul talk about how taking a step back from the programming world often leads to perspective, and how to deal with being thrown into the deep end of a new language or framework

Episode Notes

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Things Mentioned

• Rails Conf 2016
• Some classic Aaron Patterson puns
• Being a developer after 40 by Adrian Kosmaczewski
• Firing People by Zach Holman
• SOAP
• REST
• (A large) List of programming languages
• Quiet by Susan Cain
• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
• Oliver Pattison is a badass

Tips for being thrown into the deep end

• Don't give up
• Don't Panic
• Try to stay positive
• Read read read! Read the docs, the source, read examples
• Take notes of docs and examples
• Find people that have experience and ask questions
• Don't paste any code that you understand and can't explain
• Isolate separate pieces of the app and start with things that you might be familiar with
• Create some type of roadmap with feature specs

Previous Show Notes

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