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Are You Hard to Convince?

Are You Hard to Convince?

When discussing a new technology, I’m rarely the first one to jump on the bandwagon. In fact, I’m usually the killjoy that ends up arguing…
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Cindy Potvin
Writing a book: how to work on many projects

Writing a book: how to work on many projects

After quite a bit of pondering, writing and editing, I shipped the Learning as a Software Developer book last week. The whole process took…
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Cindy Potvin

Your job will never be done

As a software developer, you have to become comfortable with the fact that your work is never truly done. The software you create will…
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Cindy Potvin

Take a break, go out and play

There is so much to learn and so many cool things I can make as a software developer that I can stay on my computer all day without getting…
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Cindy Potvin

Simple code is beautiful

Despite the large number of languages and tools that will get thrown at you if you mention web development (Ruby! React! Node.js…
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Cindy Potvin

To learn, you must ship your code

When working on a project, the temptation is strong to make everything perfect before showing it to the world, or even just to your…
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Cindy Potvin

Gamify your learning goals

Learning a new programming language or framework is hard work, even if you love doing it. You can’t get around this: to complete a course…
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Cindy Potvin
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