Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Even though technical skills are a very positive thing, other qualifications are really more important: 'features' like respect, honesty or humility are required to become a better person and, thus, a better professional. This is not an easy path to follow, and in order to accomplish it, let me share experiences on how to be a better programmer. Let's have a walk!

1. Itisabout
philosophy…
…cultureofagood
programmer…{0010}

2. Meet…
@fernando_cejas
CuriousLearner
SoftwareEngineer
AndroidLover
Geek

3. @SoundCloud
Android

4. Theword"philosophy"comesfromthe
AncientGreekφιλοσοφία
(philosophia),whichliterallymeans
"loveofwisdom"
wikipedia

5. 2
Thereare…
typesofdevelopers…

6. hacker
1234233linesinaclassisnotthatbad

7. philosopher
Ineedmorelayersandabstractions!!!

8. 2
Thereare…
typesofdevelopers…

9. introverted
PeterParker

10. extraverted
TonyStark

11. 2
Thereare…
typesofdevelopers…

12. ‘solo’
Developer

13. ‘team’
Developer

14. learning
continuous

15. acceptchallenges

16. beprepare
forchange

17. codeevolves
beprepare
forchange

18. codeevolves
languageevolves
beprepare
forchange

19. codeevolves
languageevolves
weevolve
beprepare
forchange

20. donotbeshy…
forthewin

21. exposeyourideas…
donotbeshy…
forthewin

22. exposeyourideas…
donotbeshy…
always ask…
forthewin

23. writecode
forthewin

24. readcode
writecode
forthewin

25. readcode
writecode
learnfromexperiences
forthewin

26. expertise?

27. 2
Thereare…
typesofdevelopers…

28. objectorientedprogramming
Learnabout: hacker
patterns
goodpracticesandtesting

29. evilstuff
Learnabout:
philosopher
antipatterns
algorithms

30. trytogetoutofyour
comfortzone…

31. teamplayer
beagood

32. weworkwithpeople!!!

33. Peopleareoneof
themostimportant
thingsinlife…
yes!!!

34. weworkwithpeople
theyareonly
meanstoreach
notwithcomputers,
people

35. berespectful

36. berespectful
behumble

37. berespectful
behumble help

38. berespectful
behumble help
behonest

39. alwaysacceptfeedback
withoutbeingansmartass
nooneisperfect
forthewin

40. listen

41. listen
nofingerpointing

42. listen
donotgiveorders
nofingerpointing

43. listen
donotgiveorders
collaborate
nofingerpointing

44. followyourheart

45. communities
contributeto

46. shareyour…
experiences

47. givebacktothecommunity
contribute
showwhatyoulearned

48. code

49. code
events

50. code
eventsposts

51. code
eventsposts
talks

52. code
eventsposts
talks
social

53. fun!!!
have

54. development
codeand

55. no
silver
bullets

56. wearenotmulti-tasking

57. vs
productivity
effectiveness

58. prioritizeyourtasksand
givevalue
forthewin

59. prioritizeyourtasksand
givevalue
personalkanban
forthewin

60. prioritizeyourtasksand
givevalue
personalkanban
forthewin
beagile

61. getfocusandavoid
distractions
forthewin
pomodoro
technique

62. no
silver
bullets

63. today,wearewriting
tomorrow’slegacycode

64. vs
maintainability
performance

65. takecareofcodequality
forthewin

66. takecareofcodequality
forthewin
beagoodboyscout

67. takecareofcodequality
forthewin
beagoodboyscout
beagile

68. celebrateyourachievements

69. solving
problem

70. challenge accepted!!!

71. analyzetheproblem
?

72. problem decomposition
divideandconquer
startsimpleandworks
towardscomplexity

73. I’llputthistemporaryhackrighthere…

74. 2yearslater…

75. Whothehellwrotethiscode…?

76. avoidhacks
forthewin

77. avoidhacks
donotreinventthewheel
forthewin

78. avoidhacks
donotreinventthewheel
forthewin
alwayschoosetherighttoolfor
therightjob

79. celebrateyourachievements

80. programming
pair

81. soI’mgettingHALFthe
codeforTWICEthe
money?

82. Ourfirstimpression:

83. Ourfirstimpression:
-itisDIFFICULT

84. Ourfirstimpression:
-itisDIFFICULT
-itisFRUSTRATING

85. Ourfirstimpression:
-itisDIFFICULT
-itisFRUSTRATING
-itisUNCOMFORTABLE

86. Ourfirstimpression:
-itisDIFFICULT
-itisFRUSTRATING
-itisUNCOMFORTABLE

87. dothem!!!
forthewin

88. tests
codequality
learning
forfree

89. Let’sdosomepairing

90. art
programmingas
Artisabouthuman
expressionthroughlanguage

91. communication
codeis
(thatincidentally,alsorunsonacomputer)
betweenpeople

92. some
inspirational
quotes

93. “IDEASthat
spread,WIN”
ClayShirky

94. “Welearnfrom
FAILURE,notfrom
SUCCESS!”
BramStoker

95. mission?
what
is
your
weallhaveone…

96. ?
questions

97. Thanks!!!
github.com/android10
fernandocejas.com
soundcloud.com/jobs