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Jackstones: the Journey to Mastery Dan North @tastapod Part 1: - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Jackstones: the Journey to Mastery Dan North @tastapod Part 1: Mastery @tastapod Mastery is capability in a context P = p - i Let's look at some different contexts @tastapod The concert pianist Learns: Practices: music theory
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Mastery is capability in a context
P = p - i Let's look at some different contexts
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The concert pianist
Learns:
– music theory – piano theory – mechanics of playing
piano
– individual pieces
Practices:
– pitch, chords, scales
and progressions
– pieces, section by
section
– physical and mental
repetition
Mastery is consistently flawless performance
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The composer
Learns:
– (usually) everything a
musician learns
– music history – theory of composition
Practices:
– (usually) everything a
musician practices
– composing and
playing pieces
Mastery is creating your magnum opus
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The ice hockey player
Learns:
– how to skate – rules of hockey – tactics and techniques – combinations and
game plays
Practices:
– individual techniques – team techniques and
strategies
– offensive and
defensive techniques
Mastery is consistently playing at your best
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The soldier
Learns:
– Discipline – Survival techniques – Decision-making
under pressure
– Personal physical and
mental boundaries
Practices:
– Repetition of basic
skills
– Unfamiliar scenarios
Mastery is adapting instinctively to unfolding events
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What is mastery to you?
Producing beautiful code Developing wonderful products Creating business impact
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Part 2: Software mastery
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As an apprentice
Solve real problems
– don't learn to
swim-with-armbands
Use Indirect Learning
– create artificial
constraints
– try several approaches
Optimise for feedback – from software and from people
Find people who do what you want to do
– model them, stalk them
Study the basics
– theory and methods – languages and tools – XP, TDD, Clean Code,
SOLID principles
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As a journeyman
Build a portfolio
– Try different
approaches
– Try different domains
Learn how you learn
– and how you practice
Listen like you don't know the answer
– because you might not
If it ain't broke...
– fix it anyway!
What if you could make a computer do anything..?
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As a master
Remember where you started
– and what it felt like
The best programmers I know make time
– let the learner make the discoveries – share in the excitement!
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Part 3: Jackstones
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Conclusion: the Journey to Mastery
Decide on your goal
– you can always change your mind
Understand your process
– learn to learn, learn to practice
The journey never ends!
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