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Hello i have a question to veteran developers: how did become what you are today? i mean a year ago i used to be a BETTER programmer but currently i feel like i stopped growing in programming i tried to get better subscribing to many Newsletters reading about new technologies and using some of theme but i can't feel i'm developing anything it's like if i reached the ceiling of what i can learn (of curse i don't believe something like this exists) so what do thing how do i get my game going again
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Hello i have a question to veteran developers: how did become what you are today? i mean a year ago i used to be a BETTER programmer but currently i feel like i stopped growing in programming i tried to get better subscribing to many Newsletters reading about new technologies and using some of theme but i can't feel i'm developing anything it's like if i reached the ceiling of what i can learn (of curse i don't believe something like this exists) so what do thing how do i get my game going again
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Hello i have a question to veteran developers: how did become what you are today? i mean a year ago i used to be a BETTER programmer but currently i feel like i stopped growing in programming i tried to get better subscribing to many Newsletters reading about new technologies and using some of theme but i can't feel i'm developing anything it's like if i reached the ceiling of what i can learn (of curse i don't believe something like this exists) so what do thing how do i get my game going again
Try branching out into some technology you don't know now. Something related to what you do now, but another aspect of it. Or a completely different direction if you are bored with what you are doing now. I do that from time to time just to keep things interesting. I have reinvented myself 5 times over the course of my career as new technologies take over as the technology of the day.
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Hello i have a question to veteran developers: how did become what you are today? i mean a year ago i used to be a BETTER programmer but currently i feel like i stopped growing in programming i tried to get better subscribing to many Newsletters reading about new technologies and using some of theme but i can't feel i'm developing anything it's like if i reached the ceiling of what i can learn (of curse i don't believe something like this exists) so what do thing how do i get my game going again
Hi Alaajabre, To respond to this with any depth, I think a bit more information is needed. How do you define being a "better programmer" ? What has changed, since one year ago, when you knew/felt you were a "better programmer" ? Are you in a job now where your "prime time" is so taken up with non-challenging tasks: that you don't have time, or the energy, to bear-down on learning new things, and your current job doesn't allow you to implement (?), or even propose (?), technical improvements, or innovation ? At the risk of over-generalization, I (and I believe many others) find learning/mastery in the technical arena comes in long-slow-hauls up steep learning-curves, followed by "aha" periods of sudden deep understanding and mastery, followed by a "plateau effect period" where you "coast" on your new level of competence, followed by the next ascent :) Changes in your personal life, relationships, health, etc., can also effect your sense of "growing technically," I believe. best, Bill
"If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer ?" Stephen Wright
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Hello i have a question to veteran developers: how did become what you are today? i mean a year ago i used to be a BETTER programmer but currently i feel like i stopped growing in programming i tried to get better subscribing to many Newsletters reading about new technologies and using some of theme but i can't feel i'm developing anything it's like if i reached the ceiling of what i can learn (of curse i don't believe something like this exists) so what do thing how do i get my game going again
If I understand what you're talking about correctly, it happens to all of us. You reach a plateau for a little while, then you stumble upon something that kick starts you again.
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Hi Alaajabre, To respond to this with any depth, I think a bit more information is needed. How do you define being a "better programmer" ? What has changed, since one year ago, when you knew/felt you were a "better programmer" ? Are you in a job now where your "prime time" is so taken up with non-challenging tasks: that you don't have time, or the energy, to bear-down on learning new things, and your current job doesn't allow you to implement (?), or even propose (?), technical improvements, or innovation ? At the risk of over-generalization, I (and I believe many others) find learning/mastery in the technical arena comes in long-slow-hauls up steep learning-curves, followed by "aha" periods of sudden deep understanding and mastery, followed by a "plateau effect period" where you "coast" on your new level of competence, followed by the next ascent :) Changes in your personal life, relationships, health, etc., can also effect your sense of "growing technically," I believe. best, Bill
"If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer ?" Stephen Wright
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Hello i have a question to veteran developers: how did become what you are today? i mean a year ago i used to be a BETTER programmer but currently i feel like i stopped growing in programming i tried to get better subscribing to many Newsletters reading about new technologies and using some of theme but i can't feel i'm developing anything it's like if i reached the ceiling of what i can learn (of curse i don't believe something like this exists) so what do thing how do i get my game going again
Teach. (Write articles, etc.)
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Nueman wrote:
Reboot
I was going to say "log in as someone else". Great minds think alike.
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Hello i have a question to veteran developers: how did become what you are today? i mean a year ago i used to be a BETTER programmer but currently i feel like i stopped growing in programming i tried to get better subscribing to many Newsletters reading about new technologies and using some of theme but i can't feel i'm developing anything it's like if i reached the ceiling of what i can learn (of curse i don't believe something like this exists) so what do thing how do i get my game going again
I read tech blogs, wrote some articles (some on here, and "Taming the Lint Monster" for CVu[^]) and started going to tech conferences such as ACCU[^] and Agile on the Beach[^] where I knew I'd be challenged to improve further. The next level is speaking - which I still find quite daunting, but I'm gradually getting more comfortable with (e.g. I've presented "Code Analysis Tool Parallelisation and Grid Computing" at ACCU 2009 and "Software Quality for MicroISVs" at ESWC[^] last year). I can only say that it's worked, and that my code is by far the better for it. Hanging around with the right people (which sadly, usually means not the ones you work with...) is the key. Whether you go to conferences[^], hang around on mailing lists[^] or in the comments section of blogs[^] isn't really that important - the main thing is that you engage with others[^] outside of your day to day environment, and try to learn from their experience. And of course, never be afraid to try something new or change the way you do things.
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously
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I read tech blogs, wrote some articles (some on here, and "Taming the Lint Monster" for CVu[^]) and started going to tech conferences such as ACCU[^] and Agile on the Beach[^] where I knew I'd be challenged to improve further. The next level is speaking - which I still find quite daunting, but I'm gradually getting more comfortable with (e.g. I've presented "Code Analysis Tool Parallelisation and Grid Computing" at ACCU 2009 and "Software Quality for MicroISVs" at ESWC[^] last year). I can only say that it's worked, and that my code is by far the better for it. Hanging around with the right people (which sadly, usually means not the ones you work with...) is the key. Whether you go to conferences[^], hang around on mailing lists[^] or in the comments section of blogs[^] isn't really that important - the main thing is that you engage with others[^] outside of your day to day environment, and try to learn from their experience. And of course, never be afraid to try something new or change the way you do things.
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
ESWC[^]
I thought they had killed Frontpage many years ago. Comic Sans definetly ruins the credibility...
The previous site was worse, but the conference itself is very worthwhile if you're in the ISV space.
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
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Hello i have a question to veteran developers: how did become what you are today? i mean a year ago i used to be a BETTER programmer but currently i feel like i stopped growing in programming i tried to get better subscribing to many Newsletters reading about new technologies and using some of theme but i can't feel i'm developing anything it's like if i reached the ceiling of what i can learn (of curse i don't believe something like this exists) so what do thing how do i get my game going again
Go back to school[^]. Seriously, I've taken a couple of these classes and I highly recommend them.
m.bergman
For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. -- Voltaire
In most cases the only difference between disappointment and depression is your level of commitment. -- Marc Maron
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Hello i have a question to veteran developers: how did become what you are today? i mean a year ago i used to be a BETTER programmer but currently i feel like i stopped growing in programming i tried to get better subscribing to many Newsletters reading about new technologies and using some of theme but i can't feel i'm developing anything it's like if i reached the ceiling of what i can learn (of curse i don't believe something like this exists) so what do thing how do i get my game going again
I had this problem except that I felt that at a whole level, not just programming : I felt I stopped growing. There is no limit to growth, and I know that... One of my solution was to takeup an entire new skill. Not only new skill, but new people and new "job" that go with that skill. (it is easy because I am freelance) Another solution is to set a goal with a deadline, and make it very hard to abandon. For example, I gave 400$ to someone and told him to not give them back if I did not accomplished my goal at that deadline. Anyway, that seems to be periodic for me... As soon as I become too comfortable I feel I don't grow. So I try things to make me uncomfortable again.
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Go back to school[^]. Seriously, I've taken a couple of these classes and I highly recommend them.
m.bergman
For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. -- Voltaire
In most cases the only difference between disappointment and depression is your level of commitment. -- Marc Maron
I am not a chatbot