It is about philosophy: culture of a good programmer

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
Even though technical skills are a very positive thing, other qualifications are really more important: 'features' like respect, honesty or humility are required to become a better person and, thus, a better professional.
This is not an easy path to follow, and in order to accomplish it, let me share experiences on how to be a better programmer. Let's have a walk!

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1. It is about philosophy… …culture of a good programmer… { 0010 }
2. Meet… @fernando_cejas Curious Learner Software Engineer Android Lover Geek
3. @SoundCloud Android
4. The word "philosophy" comes from the Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia), which literally means "love of wisdom" wikipedia
5. 2 There are… types of developers…
6. hacker 1234233 lines in a class is not that bad
7. philosopher I need more layers and abstractions!!!
8. 2 There are… types of developers…
9. introverted Peter Parker
10. extraverted Tony Stark
11. 2 There are… types of developers…
12. ‘solo’ Developer
13. ‘team’ Developer
14. learning continuous
15. accept challenges
16. be prepare for change
17. code evolves be prepare for change
18. code evolves language evolves be prepare for change
19. code evolves language evolves we evolve be prepare for change
20. do not be shy… for the win
21. expose your ideas… do not be shy… for the win
22. expose your ideas… do not be shy… always ask… for the win
23. write code for the win
24. read code write code for the win
25. read code write code learn from experiences for the win
26. expertise?
27. 2 There are… types of developers…
28. object oriented programming Learn about: hacker patterns good practices and testing
29. evil stuff Learn about: philosopher anti patterns algorithms
30. try to get out of your comfort zone…
31. team player be a good
32. we work with people!!!
33. People are one of the most important things in life… yes!!!
34. we work with people they are only means to reach not with computers, people
35. be respectful
36. be respectful be humble
37. be respectful be humble help
38. be respectful be humble help be honest
39. always accept feedback without being an smartass no one is perfect for the win
40. listen
41. listen no finger pointing
42. listen do not give orders no finger pointing
43. listen do not give orders collaborate no finger pointing
44. follow your heart
45. communities contribute to
46. share your… experiences
47. give back to the community contribute show what you learned
48. code
49. code events
50. code events posts
51. code events posts talks
52. code events posts talks social
53. fun!!! have
54. development code and
55. no silver bullets
56. we are not multi-tasking
57. vs productivity effectiveness
58. prioritize your tasks and give value for the win
59. prioritize your tasks and give value personal kanban for the win
60. prioritize your tasks and give value personal kanban for the win be agile
61. get focus and avoid distractions for the win pomodoro technique
62. no silver bullets
63. today, we are writing tomorrow’s legacy code
64. vs maintainability performance
65. take care of code quality for the win
66. take care of code quality for the win be a good boy scout
67. take care of code quality for the win be a good boy scout be agile
68. celebrate your achievements
69. solving problem
70. challenge accepted!!!
71. analyze the problem ?
72. problem decomposition divide and conquer start simple and works towards complexity
73. I’ll put this temporary hack right here…
74. 2 years later…
75. Who the hell wrote this code…?
76. avoid hacks for the win
77. avoid hacks do not reinvent the wheel for the win
78. avoid hacks do not reinvent the wheel for the win always choose the right tool for the right job
79. celebrate your achievements
80. programming pair
81. so I’m getting HALF the code for TWICE the money?
82. Our first impression:
83. Our first impression: - it is DIFFICULT
84. Our first impression: - it is DIFFICULT - it is FRUSTRATING
85. Our first impression: - it is DIFFICULT - it is FRUSTRATING - it is UNCOMFORTABLE
86. Our first impression: - it is DIFFICULT - it is FRUSTRATING - it is UNCOMFORTABLE
87. do them!!! for the win
88. tests code quality learning for free
89. Let’s do some pairing
90. art programming as Art is about human expression through language
91. communication code is (that incidentally, also runs on a computer) between people
92. some inspirational quotes
93. “IDEAS that spread, WIN” Clay Shirky
94. “We learn from FAILURE, not from SUCCESS! ” Bram Stoker
95. mission? what is your we all have one…
96. ? questions
97. Thanks!!! github.com/android10 fernandocejas.com soundcloud.com/jobs