Slides from 33degree conference on increasing developer productivity, working on focus, tools that can be used in the process and things that we should look to. We, the IT people, often forget about basics, when we start to chase the rabbit. This presentation is here to help on getting right focus and alow to move forward. During the talk we're going to check out what are the very basic tools we use everyday and will talk about getting our of procrastination loop. Toward the end I hope that I can help couple of people by telling you about impostor syndrome, and at the very end we're going to check how to get 10* developer that so many people are talking about.

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Software Engineering
The mythical 10x
developer
@michalgruca

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10 Times what?
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Characteristic
• Writes code faster
• Best design decisions
• Knows useful tools
• Knows variety of coding styles
• Uses many languages
• Understands business needs
• Writes code faster
• Best design decisions
• Knows useful tools
• Knows variety of coding styles
• Uses many languages
• Understands business needs

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How to get there?

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Workplace
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By Angus McIntyre and Matthew Brauer
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Most important of ’em all
Chair:
• Supports your back
• Supports arms
• Ensures correct leg
position
• Must be comfortable

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Tools

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Techniques
Information handling tool
● Gathering data
● Processing data
● Managing data

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Techniques
● Execution
framework
● Back(work)log
● Handles distractions
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Why all the trouble?
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Craftsmen
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Project „Life”
Row 1 Row 2 Row 3 Row 4
0 Column 1Column 2Column 3
Sleep; 8
Work; 8
Traveling; 1.5
Freetime; 2.5
Home duties; 4
Single work day

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Optimize your time
• Pomodoro Technique
• Project hamster
• Rescue time
• Browser plugins
• Pomodoro Technique
• Project hamster
• Rescue time
• Browser plugins

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Tools and techniques
• Personal Kanban
• GTD
• Bullet Journal
• etc

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Habits
A habit is a routine of behavior that is
repeated regularly and tends to
occur unconsciously... Old habits
are hard to break and new habits are
hard to form ... but it is possible to
form new habits through repetition.
Chains calendar

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Longer life -> more time

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Procrastination?
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Distractions

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Scared?
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Two faces?
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„The impostor syndrome, sometimes called impostor phenomenon or
fraud syndrome, is a psychological phenomenon in which people are
unable to internalize their accomplishments. Despite external evidence of
their competence, those with the syndrome remain convinced that they are
frauds and do not deserve the success they have achieved. Proof of
success is dismissed as luck, timing, or as a result of deceiving others into
thinking they are more intelligent and competent than they believe
themselves to be.”
„The impostor syndrome, sometimes called impostor phenomenon or
fraud syndrome, is a psychological phenomenon in which people are
unable to internalize their accomplishments. Despite external evidence of
their competence, those with the syndrome remain convinced that they are
frauds and do not deserve the success they have achieved. Proof of
success is dismissed as luck, timing, or as a result of deceiving others into
thinking they are more intelligent and competent than they believe
themselves to be.”
„The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias which can manifest in one
of two ways:
Unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their
ability much higher than is accurate. This bias is attributed to a
metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude.”
„The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias which can manifest in one
of two ways:
Unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their
ability much higher than is accurate. This bias is attributed to a
metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude.”

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Learn and share
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Questions
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Contact
@michalgruca
michal.gruca@gmail.com
www.rits.pl