Dave H. Hoover, Adewale Oshineye

Apprenticeship Patterns

Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Are you doing all you can to further your career as a software developer? With today's rapidly changing and ever-expanding technologies, being successful requires more than technical expertise. To grow professionally, you also need soft skills and effective learning techniques. Honing those skills is what this book is all about. Authors Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye have cataloged dozens of behavior patterns to help you perfect essential aspects of your craft.

Compiled from years of research, many interviews, and feedback from O'Reilly's online forum, these patterns address difficult situations that programmers, administrators, and DBAs face every day. And it's not just about financial success. Apprenticeship Patterns also approaches software development as a means to personal fulfillment. Discover how this book can help you make the best of both your life and your career.

Solutions to some common obstacles that this book explores in-depth include:

- Burned out at work? "Nurture Your Passion" by finding a pet project to rediscover the joy of problem solving.

- Feeling overwhelmed by new information? Re-explore familiar territory by building something you've built before, then use "Retreat into Competence" to move forward again.

- Stuck in your learning? Seek a team of experienced and talented developers with whom you can "Be the Worst" for a while.

"Brilliant stuff! Reading this book was like being in a time machine that pulled me back to those key learning moments in my career as a professional software developer and, instead of having to learn best practices the hard way, I had a guru sitting on my shoulder guiding me every step towards master craftsmanship. I'll certainly be recommending this book to clients. I wish I had this book 14 years ago!" -- Russ Miles, CEO, OpenCredo

Produktdetails

• Theory In Practice
• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 165
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 178mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780596518387
• ISBN-10: 0596518382
• Artikelnr.: 24434226

Autorenporträt

Dave Hoover is the Chief Craftsman at Obtiva where he helps lead Obtiva's Software Studio and apprenticeship program. Dave has been developing software since 2000, when he left a career in child and family therapy. In 2002, Dave read Pete McBreen's "Software Craftsmanship", which re-framed Dave's understanding of software development and how people become great software developers. Dave has become increasingly passionate about learning and has dedicated several years of his career to thinking, writing, and speaking about apprenticeship. Over the last couple years, on most days, you'd find Dave coding Ruby and Rails as the lead developer for Mad Mimi, one of his clients at Obtiva. Dave also enjoys all sorts of endurance sports.

Inhaltsangabe

Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction What Is Software Craftsmanship? What Is Apprenticeship? What Is an Apprenticeship Pattern? Where Did the Patterns Come From? Where Do We Go from Here? Chapter 2 Emptying the Cup Your First Language The White Belt Unleash Your Enthusiasm Concrete Skills Expose Your Ignorance Confront Your Ignorance The Deep End Retreat into Competence Wrapping Up Chapter 3 Walking the Long Road The Long Road Craft over Art Sustainable Motivations Nurture Your Passion Draw Your Own Map Use Your Title Stay in the Trenches A Different Road Wrapping Up Chapter 4 Accurate Self-Assessment Be the Worst Find Mentors Kindred Spirits Rubbing Elbows Sweep the Floor Wrapping Up Chapter 5 Perpetual Learning Expand Your Bandwidth Practice, Practice, Practice Breakable Toys Use the Source Reflect As You Work Record What You Learn Share What You Learn Create Feedback Loops Learn How You Fail Wrapping Up Chapter 6 Construct Your Curriculum Reading List Read Constantly Study the Classics Dig Deeper Familiar Tools Wrapping Up Chapter 7 Conclusion Appendix Pattern List Appendix A Call for Apprenticeship Appendix A Retrospective on the First Year of Obtiva s Apprenticeship Program Appendix Online Resources Colophon

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"Even if this book targets a mostly technical audience I would recommend it every passionated person who is interested in envolving the own skills and patterns. It provides a goog guidance for the art of continuos self improvement and assessment with a balanced focus on technical/personal motivation and retrospective techniques/patterns." -- IT-Stammtisch Darmstadt, März 2010

"Ein Buch, das zum Lesen abseits von Monitor und Tastatur gedacht ist. Es dient der Reflexion, dem Betrachten der Programmierarbeit aus der Vogelperspektive und mag manchem über Motivationsprobleme hinweg helfen." -- linux-magazin.de, September 2010