Being an Excellent Software Developer

From WindyCityRails 2012

Presenter: Michael Norton

Notes

From @benjaminoakes:

• Apprentice -> Journeyman -> Master

• Shu -> Ha -> Ri

  • Rules and structure are what you hold true to at the beginning
  • Then you realize you can break some of the rules
  • Then everything is internalized

• Polyglot: we're polyglots because of the various tools, etc we use as Rubyists

• Collegial

• T-Shaped people: deep vertical skills, empathy with the rest of the team

• Personalities (Myers-Briggs)

• Fist to 5

  • You throw out your vote (0 - 5) on the count of three.

• Collaboration 8

  • 8 levels of how much you care, you vote separately on what you want yourself
    • Tell
    • Sell
    • Consult
    • Agree
    • Advise
    • Inquire
    • Delegate
    • Joker

• 6 Thinking hats

  • Edward DiBono
  • White, Red, Black, Yellow, Green, Blue -- each represents a basic modality of thought
  • Works because it is less offensive
  • Everyone can wear the same hat at the same time
  • Look at it from other angles
  • Helps remove conflict

You're never done; keep getting better.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.

— Henry Ford