20 Tips For Developers In 2020

Show Notes.

• 0:32 - 1. Challenge yourself to do something new.

• 04:30 - 2. Do a little bit each day.

• 07:03 - 3. Track your wins.

• 09:30 - 4. Get comfortable with failure.

• 12:08 - 5. Don’t compare yourself to others.

• 16:28 - 6. Find a community.

• 19:24 - 7. People can be assholes, that’s on them not you.

• 21:50 - 8. Find a mentor.

• 25:05 - 9. Take time to learn keyboard shortcuts.

• 30:30 - 10. Create your toolbox.

• 34:45 - 11. Learn how to debug.

• 38:30 - 12. Figure out how to stay up to date.

• 40:37 - 13. Overcome shiny object syndrome.

• 44:14 - 14. Pick one skill at a time to work on and learn it until you feel comfortable.

• 46:50 - 15. Decide if you want to be vertical or horizontal in knowledge.

• 50:09 - 16. Identify your learning style.

• 52:18 - 17. Take breaks.

• 54:29 - 18. Prioritize your values.

• 57:48 - 19. Use your powers for good.

• 59:33 - 20. Don’t forget that working in this field is a massive privilege.

• 01:02:59 - Shoutouts of the week

Resources.

• Atomic Habits

• Advent of Code

• Coding Coach

• Text Expander

• Emmet

• VS Code

• Cacher

• Stack Edit

• Figma

• Framer X

• Adobe XD

• Ladybug Debugging Episode

• Chrome Snippets

• Kent C. Dodds

• Dan Abramov

• Ladybug Teaching Episode

• Learning How to Learn

• Egghead.io

• Team Trees

• Orbiting the Giant Hairball

• Know My Name

Transcript.

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