5. “The greatest missing skill is somebody who's
both good at understanding the engineering and
who has good relationships with the hard-core
engineers, and bridges that to working with the
customers.”
Bill Gates
36. Unawareness
Overestimation
What you
What there What you
think you What you
is to think
could know
know you know
know
‘I know everything’
“Seniors”
37. Awareness
Modesty
What
What What you
you What
there think you
think you
is to could
you know
know know
know
‘I know what I don’t know’
Actual Seniors
43. Thank you!
Lorna Mitchell Ivo Jansch
http://www.lornajane.net http://www.egeniq.com
@lornajane @ijansch
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The full credits for the pictures in this presentation can be found in the slide deck online.
44. Resources
The following URLS point to relevant information. If you liked the presentation, you are going to want to
have a look at the following sites:
• Sleep Well - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/23/coders_insomnia_mental_hygiene/
On the Be Healthy slide, we talked about how good health improves your development skills. This is
an interesting article about recommended sleep hygiene for programmers.
• Getting Things Done - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done
On the ‘Be Organized’ slide, we discussed how you can structure the way you work. This wikipedia
article is a great starting point.
• How To Ask Questions The Smart Way - http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
This article by Eric Raymond goes with the item about asking questions.
• The Passionate Programmer - http://pragprog.com/titles/cfcar2/the-passionate-programmer
In the ‘Passion’ item, we mentioned a book by the pragmatic programmers. This is the URL for it.
45. Credits
The following pictures were used in this presentation. All images are licensed with a creative common license.
• ‘#27’ by Dwayne Madden - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dj-dwayne/4553167357/
• ‘This Way’ by Steve Snodgrass - http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevensnodgrass/4906011803/
• ‘I don’t want to be your ...’ by Josh Pesavento - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pezz/3785769013/
• ‘Matt Dillon kicks off ...’ by Yodel Anecdotal - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yodelanecdotal/499434961/
• ‘Still Human’ by Quinn Dombrowski - http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/3821448668/
• ‘Good Friends’ by Juliana Coutinho - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngmmemuda/4166182931/
• ‘TAM London Audience’ by Matt Brown - http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/3977320759/
• ‘Crowd in DPC’ by Juozas Kaziukenas - http://www.flickr.com/photos/juokaz/4702578495/
• ‘The Bridge’ by Ian Carroll - http://www.flickr.com/photos/iancarroll/3050791327/
• ‘Bingo Night’ by Robert Banh - http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertbanh/3319821124/
• Untitled by Kristina Sohappy - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristina-sohappy/4242102266/
• ‘ZendCon Tutorial Day’ by Andries Seutens - http://www.flickr.com/photos/andriesss/4027902414/
• ‘Google Logo in Building43’ by Robert Scoble - http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/4249731778/
• ‘Tiffus teaching Hoonan how to fish by Brett Kelly - http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkedmn/758241963/
• ‘Programming related books at home, RHS’ by Michael Fogus - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fogus/2629211069/
• ‘Darts of Pleasure’ by Melissa Gray - http://www.flickr.com/photos/melissagray/4002863212/
• ‘One step at a time’ by Fernando de Sousa - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando/150271931/
• ‘War and Peace Show’ by Growl Roar - http://www.flickr.com/photos/growlroar/4821487849/
• ‘Less is more? More than what?’ by Theilr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/theilr/2200873034/
• ‘Spaghetti’ by Cyclonebill - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclonebill/2223412838/
46. Credits
The following pictures were used in this presentation. All images are licensed with a creative common license.
• Untitled by Eduard Orbitron - http://www.flickr.com/photos/eduardorbitron/5187761681/
• ‘Riverside and I-35’ by Dustin Coates - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dustinc/577521134/
• ‘Drawer Organizers’ by Rubbermaid Products - http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubbermaid/4545308035/
• ‘Complicated Sign’ by Redvers - http://www.flickr.com/photos/redvers/1249510693/
• ‘Library Refresh’ by Mike McCune - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mccun934/5000045252/
• ‘The requisite startup foosball table’ by Quami77 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakshaving/3795071232/
• ‘Haystack’ by Fod Tzellos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fod/237453417/
• ‘Red Lion Denver Southeast Fitness Center’ by Red Lion - http://www.flickr.com/photos/43536733@N03/4009413538/
• ‘Fire’ by Matthew Venn - http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewvenn/366986755/
• ‘Main conference room’ by Felix de Vliegher - http://www.flickr.com/photos/felixdv/2579551939/
• ‘Matthew Weier-O’Phinney’ by Juozas Kaziukenas - http://www.flickr.com/photos/juokaz/4702577233/
We have used other materials, such as the Dilbert and XKCD comics and the Yoda picture from Star Wars, under the assumptions
that embedding them is fair use; they are copyrighted by their respective owners. Sources:
• http://www.dilbert.com
• http://www.xkcd.org
• http://www.starwars.com