How I learned Django while working at Eventbrite
summary
Argues that shipping beats solo study: learn Django by building real features at Eventbrite, using Django, Python, JavaScript plus Solr Cassandra Redis and tooling like Vagrant and Docker; timebox experiments, follow the one hour rule, keep two lists of what’s learned and what to learn later, leave code comments and docs in a secret Google Doc then share it. Describes building the Teams feature used by Tough Mudder which went to production and worked, and recommends pairing and prioritizing bus‑factor knowledge.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 5:02One thing at a time
- 9:56Working with other people
- 12:08What to work on
- 30:07Video Recording & Production
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