How to Become a Better Developer
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Claims that skill comes from structured effort not talent: experts follow a 10 000 hour rule but more importantly use deliberate practice — focused, feedback-driven, repeated drills on specific weaknesses. Empirical differences include more solo practice, strategic naps, and training schedules that top out at 1–2 hours per day of high-concentration work. Practical takeaways: set measurable goals, force hard unfamiliar tasks, get rapid critique, repeat with constraints, and support performance with sleep, short aerobic exercise and brief daily meditation.
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chapters (23)
- 0:00Start
- 0:25HOW TO BECOME A BETTER DEVELOPER
- 0:36TALENT VS. SKILL
- 2:10EXPERT PERFORMANCE
- 8:48EXPERIENCE
- 10:32SOLO PRACTICE
- 11:07SLEEP & PRACTICE
- 11:32HOW?
- 11:51DELIBERATE PRACTICE
- 12:15IMPROVEMENT
- 13:27REPETITION
- 13:55CODE KATAS
- 14:42FEEDBACK
- 15:42THE DELIBERATE PART
- 16:27FRUSTRATION
- 16:41FAILURE
- 17:08AVOID FLOW
- 17:27GOOD GOALS
- 18:00THE PROCESS
- 18:27REGENERATE
- 22:22RECAP
- 22:37YOUR ADVANTAGE
- 24:37BOOKS, PHOTO CREDITS.... J.MP/BETTER-KODIO
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