How to become a kickass software craftsman

"Go for it! Take risks!" - talk to speaker (they simply want attention)
take care of your career, be proactive, it's your game!
Mentoring
use platforms like Github, Xing, Twitter to make yourself visible and expand your filter bubble to include the "cool guys"
job interviews = partnership between you and your potential employer. Use this opportunity!
dare to apply for another job / multiple jobs. You can only learn.
"how conferences work": drink enough water, don't visit talks in every slot but pause for a while, talk to foreign developer, join the folks at the hotel bar in the evening
Coderetreats, Katas
JUG, Softwerkskammer, Software Craftsmanship
decide what motivates you: Money isn't everything. Freedom and conferences are more important later on.
small world: Story of conference troll in Nürnberg, Braunschweig, Hannover, Hamburg. Care about your good image A LOT and do good things.
"Be there" = huge part of success. JUGs, conferences, job, events organized by your employer, corporate events
win / take magazines and licences at JUG events

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