Developer Breakthrough SuccessVinh Nguyen

About meNguyen The Vinh, Technical Director, Pyramid Consulting

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More than ten years in software development, normal guy with a normal life

Content1. What are our problems

2. Prerequisite

3. Solution

4. References

What are our problemsCoding forever, no way out. Stuck

Can’t move forward, still looking for the same things for years

Tired & bored, feel no power, no energy, no benefit

Project failures

Unhappy

PrerequisiteWhat is success? It’s different with everyone. You have your own definition

If that success cannot make you happy, you are going on the wrong way

It means if you are not interested in coding or software development, let change your job

PrerequisiteSo what is happiness? It’s out of scope of this presentation :)

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

SolutionsHaving correct mindset

Seeing the big picture: know where you are, what your destination, choose the best route

Know your rights and responsibilities

Follow principles

Analyze your passion: motivation & value

Win-Win interdependence

Become an expert

The correct mindsetseeing the big picture

The mapWill give you current location, destination, and the route

Use it to save your time and efforts

Software development chain

Reference here

Know the chainWhere are you in that chain? What do you want to be?

Do you know every role in the process?

There are 3 roles affect to developer: employer - who pay for your salary

customer - who pay for your employer

end-user - who make your customer survive

Know the chainNormally the end-users who pay for product will drive the chain

The power will come to the one who can drive that role

What is the correct way

• Help the customers to develop correct products for their end-users

• Help your employer to satisfy the customer

• Only two above are success, you are success

IdentifyingWhere you are

your current seniority

your current domain, characteristics

Destination

why do you want to get there?

does it make you happy?

The route

watch & get consulting from experts

it’s not same with everyone, just need to fit with you

The correct mindsetknow your rights and responsibilities

Developer’s Rights & ResponsibilityDeveloper Bill of Rights

Developer Bill of Responsibilities

Customer Bill of Rights

The correct mindsetfollow principles

The LightHouse PrincipleThere are lighthouse principles. You don’t break them. You only break yourself against them. Don’t break yourself against lighthouse principles.

PrinciplesIn life - e.g the law of the harvest principle, true north principle, etc

In software development - e.g. software design principles, etc

Law of the HarvestLaw of the Harvest is an enlightening look at the true meaning of ‘reaping what you sow,’ and the importance of a strong work ethic. Persistence, patience and perseverance, as well as attention to the detail, are imperative: with potato farming, it takes to four years from soil prep to harvest; short-cuts simply don't cut it

SOLID PrincipleSOLID — five basic principles of object-oriented programming and design

SRP: single responsibility principle

OCP: open/closed principle

LSP: liskov substitution principle

ISP: interface segregation principle

DIP: dependency inversion principle

The correct mindsetanalyze your passion

Analyze your passionPassionate people are self-motivated. You will try yourself to overcome difficulties and sharpen your knowledge & skills

Analyze your passion keeps you go long with it. Think it carefully about the motivation and value of each decision will help you

The 5 whys

The correct mindsetwin-win interdependence

Win-Win InterdependenceYou cannot work alone. You have to work well in the team.

Win-Win is fundamental to success in all of our interactions.

Become an expertseniority

Sharpen the SawFinally you have to practice yourself to become an expert in your domain

Identify your seniority level. Aware of what you know, what you don’t know.

SenioritySeniority relates to people who can work independently, produce on-time and high-quality work

Some developers confuse between on-time and fast. On-time is enough. Quality is more important

Take efforts to produce high quality work will make you proud of yourself. It needs passion and practice

Aware of what you don’t know will help you see a big picture, know the trends and push yourself to move forward

Full stack developerServer, Network, and Hosting Environment

Data Modeling

Business Logic

API Layer / Action Layer / MVC

User Interface

Understanding what the customer and business need

Reference here

Recommend books

Recommend booksExtreme Programming Explained - this book places developers in the center of software development

Agile Principle, Patterns and Practices - will give you solid principles of object-oriented design

Business Model Generation - give you an big picture of business model

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - cover principles not only in software but also in life

Vinh Nguyen

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