Keeping Up

Hey, what are your thoughts on Docker? How about Kubernetes? Have you started looking at Vue yet? Although, WebAssembly will replace JavaScript before too long..... Every time I go to an event, I am hit with questions like this. I often feel like I am running up a down escalator and simply can't keep up. Do you ever feel overwhelmed with the constantly changing landscape of software development? Every time we turn around there is something new to keep our eye on. In this session, I encourage you to stop for a minute and take a breath. I will work you through some resources and skills that will help you trim back the noise and allow you to focus on the things that are really important and simply keep an awareness of the rest.

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1. #keepingUp D E A L I N G W I T H T H E F A S T P A C E O F D E V E L O P M E N T @jonathanfmills
4. Developer? Who Are You? QA? Project Management? Dev Ops?
5. I am old…
6. My Journey Mumps Delphi C#/VB Java .NET JavaScript
8. It is harder now
16. Now we enter diverging paths…
17. Specialization
18. I only do JavaScript
19. And not even all of it….
20. Broad but shallow
21. Full stack developer
22. So how do you keep up?
23. There is a difference between…
24. Knowing Something and Knowing About Something
25. Let’s start with learning about things…
26. Internet REDDIT
28. Internet REDDIT MEDIUM
30. Internet REDDIT MEDIUM STACKOVERFLOW
32. Internet REDDIT MEDIUM STACKOVERFLOW GITHUB
35. Podcasts
36. http://bit.ly/devpodcasts
37. Social Media
39. Events
40. Meetups
41. Conferences!
42. Let’s come back to that…
43. At some point you will have to know things…
44. How do I learn things?
47. But most stuff isn’t that hard…
50. Let’s get back to conferences
52. 4 things while you are here
53. Get better at what you know!
58. Keep the saw sharp
60. Learn something new
63. Meet 4 new people
67. It’s ok…
68. Ice breakers
69. What did you think of the keynote?
70. Where do you work?
71. What is your passion?
72. Where do you ask them?
73. Lunch!
74. Lunch!
75. Get involved!