Re:State of the 10x Programmer in 2018
by scarface74 on Sunday February 18, 2018 @03:46PM
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Do you need to learn a diverse set of things are just be aware of a diverse set of things?
For instance, we just moved to AWS. I am not going to spend hours upon hours learning in depth all of AWS's services. I did watch a few videos and subscribe to the AWS podcast so I could be aware of the different services to know what they have. When there is a business need to implement X, I'll know what's out there and then do a proof of concept to see if what AWS has fits our needs.
Learning best practices transcend technology. We've had "consultants" come into the company where I'm the dev lead and question my choices of technologies. I ask them two questions - what's the business case and what industry standard best practices are we not following?
For instance, we just moved to AWS. I am not going to spend hours upon hours learning in depth all of AWS's services. I did watch a few videos and subscribe to the AWS podcast so I could be aware of the different services to know what they have. When there is a business need to implement X, I'll know what's out there and then do a proof of concept to see if what AWS has fits our needs.
Learning best practices transcend technology. We've had "consultants" come into the company where I'm the dev lead and question my choices of technologies. I ask them two questions - what's the business case and what industry standard best practices are we not following?