Sensational short article about career planning by one of my favourite devlopers:
http://ayende.com/blog/171297/career-planning-the-age-of-least-resistance
I know Balmer said the famous:
But I’ll add the three thiings – I talk to my developers about any day we talk career development
Skillset
Skillset
Skillset
Keep your skillset up do date!!!
Really cool short video from Kathy Sierra on “how to be a badass developer” … not sure I’d give it that heading because I think its a really interesting idea for allowing programmers/software engineers to improve skills. Give it a watch…
I’ve written in the past about building small applications as a great way to learn new technologies or just to test out ideas etc… – now you can host them for free!!!!
So I am on a roll at the moment focussing on how to start as a developer/programmer/software-engineer/coder. Here is a great new podcast where a number of famous programmers are interviewed about how they got started.
I noticed this on the coursea site – so if you have never programmed and wanted a free course to try:
https://www.coursera.org/course/pythonlearn
Yes this is Python but any language is a good start!!!
I think its telling that if you google “scott” – the one and only appears on the first page of results
Anyway he is at it again and for any developer these non-technical guidelines to minimising pain-points at work and keeping sane are brilliant:
www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmansCompleteListOfProductivityTips.aspx
It’s a very short but very useful blog post for devs looking for a little career advice from one of the true masters of C#
http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon_skeet/archive/2013/09/21/career-and-skills-advice.aspx
A great article and some really interesting comments worth a read…
Dom
Doms Code 