Tips & Tricks to Boost Your Career as Software Craftsmen

Rohan Daxini

What’s our definition of Joy in general ?

Joy

Bath?

Sleeping ?

Window Shopping ? Heck Yes !

Trust me, that’s also Joy !

And then I realized

Movies?

Television?

Help others smile?

or?

We work to find joy from work ?

Or

Our work should give us Joy?

Or

Work is done for expecting Joy?

Joy in work

‘ Avataar ’ Movie

Metaphor

‘ Avataar ’ Movie

You are not getting anything. You are not getting paid for it.

You tell people because you enjoyed watching it. You want to share that happiness with everybody.

Infinite joy is what we’ve all been born with

Shifting from joy of receiving

to the joy of giving

So how about

Tip #1

Do our work as an expression of joy and not for expecting some joy

Improve health&

exercise daily

Tip #2

- Have more energy- Feel better about yourself- Improve self-confidence- Become more focused- Boosts happy chemicals- Boosts brainpower- Sharpen memory- Gets more done- Tap into Creativity- Inspire Others

But why health?

Commit to a reading schedule

Tip #3

- Keep increasing knowledge

- You now have opportunities to implement it in your work

- Dedicate an hour or two a day to reading or listening audio books

Commit to reading

Wake up an hour earlier each morning

Trick

Find a mentor &

Be a mentor

Tip #4

- People learn more by teaching than by any other method

- Helping others and teaching what you know, you will gain a deeper understanding of that knowledge.

Create a blog&

collaborate more

Tip #5

- Twitter

- Knowbuddy

- Open source community

- StackOverflow and related sites.

Commit to Sharing and Collaboration

Lets have a Technical Break ;)

RoR tip for any project

Properly separating concerns and responsibilities is a Tried, Tested and True method for simplifying

software development and maintenance. Follow SRP.

~ James Gollick

Mar 21, 2010http://jamesgolick.com/2010/3/14/crazy-heretical-and-awesome-the-way-i-write-rails-apps.html

Shopify and Rails

Start tracking your time

Tip #6

Work on your soft skills&

Give a talk or present often

Tip #7

Learn new technologies

Tip #8

Really?

Become a better coder each day

Tip #9

- Get to know your IDE better

- Develop a routine

- Specialize in something

- Read about software craftsmanship

Tricks

Have a lot of fun doing anything

Tip #10

Thank you

Grandpa deletes my computer