Growing the "T": Learning for Breadth and Depth

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   Growing the "T": Learning
   for Breadth and Depth
   Jonathan Maltz
   @maltzj
   5-10-19
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6. @maltzj
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   Broad base of skills
   

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   Broad base of skills
   

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   Broad base of skills
   Deep in one
   particular area
   

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   Knowledge vs. Skills
   

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    K. Anders Ericsson
    

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    Knowledge (noun): awareness or
    familiarity gained by experience of a
    fact or situation
    

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    ● Kubernetes is a container orchestrator
    Knowledge examples
    

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    ● Kubernetes is a container orchestrator
    ● Jenkins pipelines can be written in a scripted or
    declarative syntax
    Knowledge examples
    

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    ● Kubernetes is a container orchestrator
    ● Jenkins pipelines can be written in a scripted or
    declarative syntax
    ● Giving tech talks involves organizing information
    and telling a story
    Knowledge examples
    

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    Skill (noun): the ability to do
    something well
    

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    ● Operating a kubernetes cluster
    Skill examples
    

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    ● Operating a kubernetes cluster
    ● Writing a Jenkins Pipelines
    Skill examples
    

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    ● Operating a kubernetes cluster
    ● Writing a Jenkins Pipelines
    ● Ability to organize your ideas and tell a story in a tech
    talk
    Skill examples
    

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    Knowledge != Skills
    

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    Practice!
    

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    Purposeful
    Practice!
    

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    ● Take skill you want to learn
    Practicing Purposefully
    

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    ● Take skill you want to learn
    ● Create an exercise which forces you to push that
    Practicing Purposefully
    

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    ● Take skill you want to learn
    ● Create an exercise which forces you to push that
    ● Get feedback on that
    Practicing Purposefully
    

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    Action Results
    Take an
    action
    

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    Action Results
    Get Feedback
    

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29. @maltzj
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    Knowledge -> Skills
    

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    Action Results
    Mental Model
    

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    Action Results
    Get Feedback
    Mental Model
    

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    Single-Loop
    Learning
    

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    Let's talk about "The
    T"
    

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    Broad base of skills
    Deep in one
    particular area
    

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    Broad base of skills
    Deep in one
    particular area
    

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36. @maltzj
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    Stuart + Hubert Dreyfus
    

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    Beginner
    Intermediate
    Advanced
    

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    Specialized Knowledge
    +
    Specific Skills
    

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    Beginner - Introductory books/tutorials.
    Shipping + code reviews
    Intermediate
    Advanced
    

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    Beginner - Introductory books/tutorials.
    Shipping + code reviews
    Intermediate - Specific content.
    Expert code reviews, active experimenting
    Advanced
    

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    Beginner - Introductory books/tutorials.
    Shipping + code reviews
    Intermediate - Specific content.
    Expert code reviews, active experimenting
    Advanced -
    Self-guided
    Domain
    mentorship
    

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    Double-Loop
    Learning
    

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    Action Result
    Get Feedback
    Mental Model
    

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    Action Results
    Get Feedback
    Mental Model
    Get Feedback
    

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    Broad base of skills
    Deep in one
    particular area
    

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    Stuff that may
    impact you.
    Upcoming trends. No
    skill
    

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    Stuff you
    occasionally use.
    Less skillful, enough
    knowledge to get by
    

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    Stuff you use every day
    (skillful, specific
    knowledge)
    

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    Practice
    opportunities
    

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    Hermann
    Ebinghaus
    

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    Foundational
    Principles
    

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    ● Short cycle time = good
    Foundational Principles
    

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    ● Short cycle time = good
    ● Conciseness = good
    Foundational Principles
    

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    ● Short cycle time = good
    ● Conciseness = good
    ● Complexity = bad
    Foundational Principles
    

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    What problem does
    this solve?
    

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    ● 1 / 2 Broad resources
    ○ Looking for frequency of terms
    ○ Software engineering daily / Software
    Engineering Radio
    Broad knowledge
    

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    ● 1 / 2 Broad resources
    ○ Looking for frequency of terms
    ○ Software engineering daily / Software
    Engineering Radio
    ● Broad conferences (Goto, QCon, etc)
    ○ Lunchtime=besttime
    Broad knowledge
    

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    ● 1 / 2 Broad resources
    ○ Looking for frequency of terms
    ○ Software engineering daily / Software
    Engineering Radio
    ● Broad conferences (Goto, QCon, etc)
    ○ Lunchtime=besttime
    ● Distant co-workers
    Broad knowledge
    

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    "Should I be
    using this?"
    

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    ● 1 / 2 Domain-specific content
    ○ Devops Weekly/Data Eng
    Weekly/Last week in AWS
    Domain-Specific Knowledge
    

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    ● 1 / 2 Domain-specific content
    ○ Devops Weekly/Data Eng
    Weekly/Last week in AWS
    ● Domain specific conferences
    ○ DevopsDays!
    ○ Pycon
    ○ O'Reilly Data Conf
    Domain-Specific Knowledge
    

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    "How can I master
    this?"
    

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    Practice!
    

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72. @maltzj
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    3 Things
    

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    1. Invest in
    Foundational
    Principles
    

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    2. You don't need to
    know everything
    

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    3. Purposeful
    Practice!
    

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    ● Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
    ● Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
    ● Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
    ● A Five Stage Model of Directed Skill Acquisition
    ● Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve
    Resources
    

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    https://boards.greenhouse.io/nuna/
    

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