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Staying Ahead of the Curve (2021)

Trisha Gee
September 01, 2021

Staying Ahead of the Curve (2021)

We all want to stay ahead of the curve - after all, that's what you go to a conference for. But have you ever considered how being ahead of the curve might be dangerous?

Using a new language before you understand it, putting a technology into production so you can learn it, abandoning "old practices" before you've got the benefit from them… These things are common practice, under the guise of Progress and Keeping Up To Date.

But while we shouldn't be running around like headless chickens chasing the next Shiny New Thing, we do need to see to our Continuous Learning and, of course, we should Embrace Change.

How do we balance these two extremes? And how do we see to our own growth and learning as techies while meeting the needs of our project, team and organisation?

Trisha Gee

September 01, 2021
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  1. IntelliJ IDEA ©JetBrains. All rights reserved Trisha Gee (@trisha_gee) 


    Java Advocacy Lead, JetBrains Staying Ahead of the Curve
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  6. • Spikes / prototypes • Use in non-production code •

    Build / Deploy / Continuous Delivery Pipeline • Tests • Use in internal tools • Use on a new project or service • Get the experts in (remember to share) How or Where?
  7. • Spikes / prototypes • Use in non-production code •

    Build / Deploy / Continuous Delivery Pipeline • Tests • Use in internal tools • Skunkworks projects / hack days Approaches
  8. • I want to have fun • I want to

    be a Technology Guru in my job • I want a new job • I don’t want to be left behind Why?
  9. • Blogs, Tutorials & Videos • Online Events & Streams

    • User Groups • Online courses • Books • Pet project • Join an open source project • Find a project at work • Get a new job! Approaches
  10. • Protected time for learning • Brown bags / Lunch

    & learn / Book clubs • User Groups • Hack days • Skunkworks • 20% time • Conferences Preventing Premature Implementation