"How can one best describe the nature of people who will most of all be that way which will make the imitating of others happen most often? Is it that these are the poeple we want to be like because they are fine or is it that these are the people we want to be liked by?"
Programmers need a growth mindset
Does anyone believe in a fixed mindset?
Does anyone believe in a fixed mindset?
10x engineers
Does anyone believe in a fixed mindset?
Hero worship
Can you change a fixed mindset?
Heck yes
How do you identify a fixed mindset?
"I am ..""Some people are
just ..."
How do you change a fixed mindset?
Reframe praise & success
How do you change a fixed mindset?
Reframe failure
How do you change a fixed mindset?
Celebrate challenges
How do you change a fixed mindset?
Ask about processes
Confidence & imposter syndrome
Confidence doesn't help you
respond to challengesHenderson & Dweck, 1990
Break the framework
Self-theories: Their role in motivation, personality, and
developmentMindset
Strategies
Make it Stick
Learning is an acquired skill
1. Effortful retrieval>
rereading
2. Spaced practice>
massed practiceSpaced - Varied - Interleaved
3. Difficulty is (usually) desirable
This all feels terrible
Implementing
Effortful retreival
Implementing
Spaced practice
Implementing
Difficulty & errors
Recap
Growth mindsetEffortful retrievalSpaced practice
Desirable difficulties
Thanks!My thanks to everyone who gave me feedback on early versions of this talk: - Maggie Zhou - Amy Hanlon - Alyssa Frazee - Julia Evans
Thanks to the Kiwi PyCon organizers for inviting me!
Slides by Deckset
Q & A / Pop quiz!• What impact does confidence have on success?
• What are some ways to create spaced practice?
• What are two strategies for turning a fixed mindset into a growth mindset?