@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin Align what needs to get done with learning.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin “How do you focus in a team with learning and getting work done?”

Communicating. Not learning is a risk. Not getting better is a risk. At times you want to take a risk. Others you want to ship quickly. If your team isn’t investing in you time to find a new team.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin As an intermediate developer:

– Grow your knowledge
– Learn to breakdown work
– Be kind to one another

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin The person writing this code isn’t intending to write bugs, to include vulnerabilities. It underscores the importance of code reviews to teach others.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin “The best code is written when people work together, collaborate, and find and solve problems together.” – @aaronjorbin

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin The first rule of code reviews to help someone (and most things in general) is to not be an asshole.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin Finding complexity early is a hallmark of a senior developer.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin Changing data formats in WordPress is hard. There is one site that has over a billion posts (WordPress.com)

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin This is @aaronjorbin’s favorite WordPress trac ticket: core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1…

Custom Post Status bug that has been open 9 years.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin Everyone is bad at estimating how long something will take.

“How long will it take to build a website?” is almost as hard as “How much does a website cost?”
– @aaronjorbin

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin Part of being a senior developer is mentoring other people, helping them grow, helping them break down work into small manageable steps.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin @aaronjorbin’s super powers:
– Writing code that gets thrown away
– Being in meetings

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin We need to expand beyond WordPress to other things like Drupal, Rails, React etc. How are they solving problems? How can that come back to WordPress.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin When you only know one skill in web development you miss out on solutions using other technologies. Going broad about different knowledge expands your base and the potential to see new solutions.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin @aaronjorbin spends less time coding PHP or JavaScript these days and more time coding in Excel as a director.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin Being intermediate is not bad.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin The biggest part of your developer career will be as an intermediate developer. Being a senior developer is not easy. Not everyone wants to be a senior level developer.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin You’ll see junior developers, developers, and senior developers. But not intermediate developers.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin “My first job I was a Senior Backend Engineer. How could I be a senior engineer in my first job?” @aaronjorbin

Ignore job titles. Job titles are worthless in tech.

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@daljo628 A solution that ships is much better than the perfect solution that never gets off the ground.

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