date night with ruby
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Date night with Ruby
Ruberto Paulo
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We are complicated computers
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But we are also not..
The Question
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Why does programming at work feel so different from working on personal
projects or going to events?
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25 Developers
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Answers with negative focus:
Work can become mundane
… It is procedural at times …
We code for money
It becomes too familiar
… work can become a grind.
There is no a$$holes, only cool people.
There is usually a lot of pressure.
No ego’s.
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Answers with positive focus:
You can do what you want to.
…side projects are more inline with our passions
We get to think creativelyHearing other peoples passions
free-time stuff is nearly always newEveryone is on the same page.
We code for expression, and not for money.
Working on something that was neglected.
willingness to learn, willingness to teachWorking with a fun language.
… bubbling with ideas.
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The Question
Why does programming at work feel so different from working on personal
projects or going to events?
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"Journeys require endpoints. Otherwise, you're not Frodo. You're just some
homeless guy wandering around with stolen jewellery"
- The Oatmeal.
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"Journeys require endpoints. Otherwise, you're not Frodo. You're just some
homeless guy wandering around with stolen jewellery"
- The Oatmeal.
Why do we program?
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Money?
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Fame??
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Glory ???
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I do it because i can.
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I enjoy doing it?
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Ruby being this fun language that you just fall for… - Kenneth Kalmer
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Imagine for a second that your relationship with Ruby could be just like a relationship with a
person.
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In order to keep a healthy relationship with the language you need to have date nights often
within the relationship.
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“Whether a thought is spoken or not, it is a real thing and has powers of reality.”
- Frank Herbert
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“Whether a thought is spoken or not, it is a real thing and has powers of reality.”
- Frank Herbert
Date 1: Memory lane.
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Reread a good book
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Source: http://poignant.guide/
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Learnings:
Sometimes going back is going forward.
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Learnings:
You'll never remember all of it.
Date 2: Coffee date(Kata)
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Learnings:
There is the smart way and the right way.
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Learnings:
You don’t need to spend hours sharpening your skills
Date 2: The overnight. (Hackathon)
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Learnings:
Ruby is amazing!
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Learnings:
Best practices are Best!
Date 3: The weekend away. (Conference)
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Learnings:You’ll learn more teaching a principle
than being taught about it.
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Learnings:
Programming is an art.
Date 4: Weekly night out.(Passion project)
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How do we define a passion project?
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Cheat on work with this other project that you have going on
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Commit to a 365 project.
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People want to tell their stories and to be challenged to be engaged
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Learnings
Create your passion project for a single person
Force scarcity, lust for it!
Push your skills
Fail in a forest
Ruberto Paulo / Software engineer