Become a better developer by improving your habits – 7 points from Atomic habits

Re:Become a better developer by improving your habits – 7 po... by kethmar on Monday June 15, 2020 @02:07AM (#23524276)

As developers, we are often asked to write performant code, make important architectural decisions, and communicate with others about business needs. In order to be good at what we do, it's vital to improve our craft but also take care of ourselves. Establishing healthy habits and dropping the bad ones can have a great impact here.

In this video, I'm going to share the 7 takeaways from a book, that greatly improved my life and inspired the "developerHabits" Youtube channel. It's called "Atomic Habits", written by James Clear.

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Re:Become a better developer by improving your habits – 7 po... by memexy on Monday June 15, 2020 @02:35AM (#23524420)

Can you provide a summary of the 7 points?

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Re:Become a better developer by improving your habits – 7 po... by kethmar on Monday June 15, 2020 @03:09AM (#23524630)

Sure :)! 1) Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement 2) Instead of chasing goals, create a system that's sustainable 3) Define WHO you want to be. Start with "who" not "what" 4) Each habit consists of cue, craving, response, reward 5) Engineer your environment to favour the habits. 6) Each habit/activity can be broken into a 2-minute action. Do it and use it to create a habit 7) Track your habits and never miss twice! Missing once can be an acident. Missing twice is a beginning of a new (bad) habit.

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Re:Become a better developer by improving your habits – 7 po... by memexy on Monday June 15, 2020 @03:11AM (#23524647)

Thanks.

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