#undef is_king

#undef IS_KING The Story of False Supremacy <NovWeb /> ‘10

Cristi Bârlãădeanu, on 27th of November 2010

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Web Developer

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Making things happen

Once upon a time

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The Good The Bad

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The Good The Bad

The Others

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The Hero The Villain

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The Hero The Villain

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The Hero The Villain

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We are brought up believing we need to choose sides.

And we always do. Often in the name of “Good”.

Of “Better”.

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Side note: I had no idea how hard it is to find decent pictures called “snow white” or “little red riding hood” on Google Images. No, really.

The war-game of programming

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Born in the middle of combat

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Remember?

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The Good? The Bad?

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The Bad? The Good?

Vice-versa?

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Developing a career in writing software was choice-driven. The diversity of options on each step forced everything into the “win some, lose some” paradigm. “Are you with us or against us?”

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Back to our wars

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Each designated army had the same type of troops:

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Each designated army had the same type of troops:

The Veteran

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The Evangelist

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The Evangelist

The Fundamentalist

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Side quiz: In which category would include Laurian Gridinoc?

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Side quiz: In which category would you include Laurian Gridinoc?

That’s right, all of the above.

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Back to the forth soldier type…

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The Omnipresent Goofy(s)

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The “new recruit” that: •  Just knows for who to woo and for who to boo; •  Is 100% convinced that his path is the right

one towards “the light”; •  Doesn’t really understand the reasons, but can

reproduce all the sentences; •  Is one tough Jedi in a world of Padawans; •  His new weapon can beat anything else; •  Uses only 10% of “the power” of the tool.

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Forums

Blogs

Conferences

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The good news Nowadays there are so many different camps that fighting 1 vs. 1 is no fun anymore. The bad news…

Changing the battlefield

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Entering the industry changes the perspective from individual to collective, team-based. The disputes shifted from raw technologies to paradigms, methodologies, ways to do it more than tools to be used.

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Meeting new enemies

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The Developer The Project Manager

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Agile Waterfall

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Reporting Shipping

Efficiency

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The cycle of accessories brought to work

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Any other “fights” to be picked?

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Any other “fights” to be picked? Sure. The only one that really matters.

Colleagues, clients, products, users. And you.

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You are your biggest enemy

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You’re not fighting your colleagues, although many times it surely does look like it. You’re not fighting your clients, despite the much desired blood on your hands after teleconferences.

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You just need to find the most suitable way for you to approach the project, ship it and be satisfied with the results. It’s that simple. There is no perfect path, no magic tools and for sure David Blaine doesn’t work for you.

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Focus on workflow, not on technology

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Before getting to work be sure you have the complete specifications of your project. Spend all the time you need to develop the necessary documents for you and your team. Hopefully you’ll have something left for actual implementation.

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Try to see first which is the best tool for the job. Don’t always go for the beloved technology or framework. Don’t reinvent the wheel. It was reinvented billions of times. Please, leave the wheel alone.

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Design components for reusability. Try to break your work in bits and pieces that you can use in other projects or are easy to alter. Think of it as if you have a lot of puzzles and each of them has a sun and some clouds. And mandatory a puppy.

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Usually stuff needs maintenance. Yours will need it too, most probably. Make your life easier developing the product while having maintenance in mind.

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Push new stuff in. Research, read, learn. Try to convince your clients to look towards the future, but don’t ever forget that the real clients are your client’s clients.

The King

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Tech is King. Content is King. End-user is King. User experience is King. Customer is King. Who is actually the King?

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Maybe Elvis

Maybe Michael

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The Web is a reinvented democracy.

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#undef IS_KING

Questions?

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Thank you!

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