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Why no one is looking for rockstar programmers. More information at: http://blog.netguru.co/post/56860239654/no-one-is-looking-for-rockstar-programmers
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Why no one is looking for "rockstar programmers"
Wiktor Schmidt, netguru@wiktorschmidt
#karierait
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● You are not your code
● There is ALWAYS someone that is better than you that you can learn from
● There is ALWAYS someone that is worse than you that you can teach
● Critique other people's code not other people
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Things you should never say
● works on my machine
● blame shows me that Joe commited this line
● it was like this before my changes
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Always Be Learning
● Which technology that is relevant today was relevant 5 years ago?
● Which technology that was relevant 5 years ago is relevant today?
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Q: Dad, is there a word to describe answers that are completely correct but entirely useless under the circumstances?
A: Yes, yes there is.
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What now?
● learn a new technology (can I recommend Ruby? ;) - strive to learn a new one every few months
● go through someones open source code, improve it and send a pull request
● if there is a problem in your workplace or university volunteer to fix it
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