Developer practices? not
a typo for Development Practices
The goal of this blog is
to share my personal experience and findings on what makes a successful
developer. Yes, part of it is how we code: Designing, programming, debugging,
etc; but also what do we do when we aren't coding: Communication, preparation,
time management, networking.
When I am coaching and
mentoring other developers they are usually surprised by my two main personal
reasons for implementing sound developer practices : Be lazy, be replaceable.
Then I go on to explain
how those two reasons translate to being a professional developer. As you read
this and the following posts I hope you'll see how most if not all good
practices eventually lead to those two goals.
When is being lazy a
good thing?
It is a good thing when you do things that make your work easier.
It is called "working
smart".
Establishing and
following good practices removes the grunt work and the guess work of your
daily job and allows you to focus on what is really unique. You think about
things once, not every time you are confronted with the same issue. In the end
reducing the number of decisions increases your productivity.
I want to get out of
this job!
I know this is not
everyone's goal; some people are comfortable doing day in and day out the same
thing and being considered "the experts". For me, the ability to
finish a job ensuring that someone can take from where I left it allows me to
constantly go to new things without being dragged back by my
"expertise" in one area.
I hope to see you around
regularly
This will start with a
weekly blog, until I either run out of things to say and slow down or your
feedback gives me more ideas to put on this pages.
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