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Ordered ListJohn NunemakerGreat Lakes Ruby Bash, Lansing MI
April 17, 2010
I Have No TalentAn Organized Rant
BackgroundThe Rant That Struck A Nerve
The GodsFirst Nerve
The MortalsSecond Nerve
The PathWe are all on it (at different points).
1. You Must MeasureYourself against you in the past
2003html, css, flash, photoshop, ftpoakprairiefarms.com, johnnunemaker.com
2004college grad, php, mysql, js, standardsa lot of php/mysql admin areas
2005ajax, coldfusion, oracle, prototype, scriptaculousaddictedtonew.com, mysql table wrapper, addicted to feedburner and flickr libs
2006rails, ruby, terminal, http requests, parsing xml/json, version control, class/instance variables, testingfirst rails site, railstips.org, nd forum
2007
conductor, nd.edu, snitch, lorem, scrobbler, mirrored
deployment, delegation, actionscript
2008
googlebase, googlreader, statwhore, httparty, user_stamp, happymapper
jquery, merb, git(hub), pythong
2009
columbus, google-weather, crack, mongomapper, harmony
oauth, mongodb, single page apps, include/extend, inheritance, tdd
2010proxies, identity map, composition, design patterns, refactoring, sinatramongotips.com, wand, canable, joint, gemwhois
Generic to SpecificI Learned From
Learning to DoingI Transitioned From
“Aristotle
What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.
2003-2010
2003-201040+ oss projects
2003-201040+ oss projects
100+ websites/applications
2003-201040+ oss projects
100+ websites/applications
470+ blog posts
2003-201040+ oss projects
100+ websites/applications
470+ blog posts
a lot of code
To work hard and practice deliberately
2. You Must Choose
ChooseYou Must
You MustChoose
“Jim Collins
Greatness is not a function of circumstances. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice. You must maintain an unwavering faith that you can, and will prevail in the end.
Good To Great
“Malcolm Gladwell
We sometimes think of being good at mathematics as an innate ability. You either have "it" or you don't. [...] it's not so much ability as attitude. You master mathematics if you are willing to try.
Outliers
Work HardYou Must
“Children who associate success with hard work tend to have a “mastery-oriented response” to challenging situations, while children who see themselves as just plain “smart” or “dumb,” or “good” or “bad” at something, have a “learned helplessness orientation.”
Josh WaitzkinThe Art of Learning
“Jim Stigler, UCLA Prof
The Japanese [teachers] want their kids to struggle. [...] American teachers, though, worked like waiters. Whenever there was a struggle, they wanted to move past it, make sure the class kept gliding along. But you don't learn by gliding.
The Teaching Gap
“Great companies did not focus on what to do, but rather what not to do and what to stop doing.
Jim CollinsGood To Great
Practice DeliberatelyYou Must
“The best people in any field are those who devote the most hours to what the researchers call “deliberate practice”.
Geoffrey ColvinWhat It Takes To Be Great
“For example: Simply hitting a bucket of balls is not deliberate practice, which is why most golfers don't get better. Hitting an eight-iron 300 times with a goal of leaving the ball within 20 feet of the pin 80 percent of the time, continually observing results and making appropriate adjustments, and doing that for hours every day - that's deliberate practice.
Geoffrey ColvinWhat It Takes To Be Great
“Understand that talent doesn’t mean intelligence, motivation or personality traits. It’s an innate ability to do some specific activity especially well.
Geoffrey ColvinWhat It Takes To Be Great
“Geoffrey Colvin
Maybe we can't expect most people to achieve greatness. It's just too demanding. But the striking, liberating news is that greatness isn't reserved for a preordained few. It is available to you and to everyone.
What It Takes To Be Great
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Thank [email protected]
John NunemakerGreat Lakes Ruby Bash, Lansing MIApril 17, 2010
@jnunemaker
