Be Like Water: Keeping Up with Android

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Claims concrete tactics: use community channels, newsletters and podcasts (Fragmented, Android Developers Backstage), follow Android dev channels and code labs, and learn by building small test apps (example: an Unsplash photo grid). Migrate incrementally at work with proofs of concept and isolated experiments (dagger1 to dagger2, Kotlin in greenfield features). A first Kotlin PR shows what to expect: 296 added lines and 68 comments during review. Embrace change, ask questions, and reuse architecture examples like Android architecture blueprints.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:27How did you get into Android
3. 2:52Why Flex
4. 7:36Tech Changes
5. 10:57What do I do
6. 12:33How do we keep up
7. 15:23Reddit
8. 24:37Know What You Need
9. 29:19Try Something New
10. 30:40Fight Something Different
11. 31:39Give a Talk
12. 32:37Keep Up at Work
13. 36:21Make Changes at a Drop
14. 37:26Living Something New
15. 39:50Ask More Questions
16. 40:54Be Critical
17. 43:36Dont Drink the Poison

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