10 years' reads

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# 10 years' reads

10 old bestof + 2 new / 36 slides

.b[[@abelar_s](https://twitter.com/abelar_s) -
[@ParisRB](https://twitter.com/parisrb) -
[@RailsGirlsParis](https://twitter.com/railsgirlsparis)]
 
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# 10 years

* my phone was a Nokia 3310 .br.info[smartphones: Sharp Zaurus, data: GPRS/EDGE]

* RTFM was `man`, MLs, forums, blogs, IRC .br.info[no StackOverflow, no Slack]

* crises, wars, demagogy, collusion .br.info[actually tons of progress since (science, medicine)]

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I hated phone calls, I still do, but hey, they have games & internet now!

10 years ago was a very different place.
The values are the same but the context slightly changed.

This is a talk of hope, not a rant.

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# Practice & Theory

.b[These darker slides are takeaways]

Cheat codes are usually visible. .br.info[But it takes privilege to benefit from them.]

Lessons are everywhere for the listener. .br.info[Fear AND comfort are the mind killers.]

No problem goes away .br.info[until it teaches you its lesson.]

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# Fresh outta EPITA

* "learn to learn"
* code skills, bare metal
* the world was simpler then

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# Fresh outta EPITA

* "learn to learn" -> "be teachable"
  - mostly BS to avoid expertise & judgement
  - learn to NOT trust yourself
* "low-tech" helps "full stack"
  - a good understanding of the basics
  - "how would I code X" is a good question
* the world IS complex
  - I just knew less
  - history repeats itself

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# ★ 5 reads for 10 years

* [Tom Hirschfield's 10 rules of thumb .br.info[Tips when you're stuck] ](http://blog.creativethink.com/2006/11/tom_hirshfields.html)

* [Smart Questions .br.info[Please make a good alternative] ](http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html)

* [Strategy Letter V, on Complements .br.info[Joel Spolsky] ](http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/StrategyLetterV.html)

* ["You and your research" .br.info[Richard Hamming] ](http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.html)

* [Achieving your childhood dreams .br.info[Randy Pausch's Last Lecture] ](http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/)

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# Quick reads

- Array, Hash, String, Enumerable
 - SQL, ActiveRecord::Base
 - KISS, YAGNI

- Fallacies of distributed programming
 - 10 principles of good design
 - The Agile Manifesto
 - The Zen of Python

- http://www.visualmess.com/

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# Good reads

- DDD
 - ETL, KM
 - SOLID, CQRS, ES
 - MCD, BPM(N), CRC

- The Mythical Man-Month
 - The Pragmatic Programmer

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# Dangerous reads

- DRY
 - Metaprogramming
 - UML (which one-s?)
 - Design Patterns (GoF)
 - Matrices / MindMap of skills

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# Still not a dinosaur

* 1867: keyboard
* 1961: email
* 1970: UNIX
* 1974: TCP/IP
* 1991: HTTP
* 2000: REST

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# Game tricks

* boost the XP boosters first

* try the side quests

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# 1st Rails internship

* read a bug, read a stacktrace
* fixed it before lunch

* read code, lots of code
* did stuff, learned tricks

* made and read much more code

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# Other jobs

Value & Happiness

Taste & Aesthetics

Community & Sharing

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# 1st Rails internship

* asset management company:
 - how Stock Exchange works
 - OpenSource licences
 - personal data: filing paper for french CNIL
* bad posture:
  - neck strain & physiotherapist
* parties, nights, transportation, sleep

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# Other jobs

Money & Laws

Security & Privacy

Health & Care

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http://www.psychologuedutravail.com/psychologie-du-travail/

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# More on laws

* Laws: they're a... Code .br.info[bloat, legacy, side effects, contradicting specs]
* "Nemo censetur ignorare legem" .br.info[inquire, model, monitor, keep up-to-date]

* Live in a falsely deterministic world .br.info[risk: likeliness? best/worst cases? cost of protection/breach]
* Trials & chain of responsibility .br.info["Nemo auditur propriam turpitudinem allegans"]

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https://www.cnil.fr/fr/declarer-un-fichier (normalement on devrait tous savoir le faire)
https://www.donneespersonnelles.fr/declaration-cnil-et-autorisation-cnil (surtout le titre rigolo)
https://www.ossir.org/jssi/jssi2015/JSSI_2015_4A_La_Loi_de_Programmation_Militaire_pour_un_petit_OIV.pdf

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# Security IS health & care

For you: infosec + process + metrics

For others: info leak + impersonation

For some: privacy breach can mean DEATH

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# 1st Rails internship

## Some words I still struggle with

* DOABLE: needs, possibility, consensus
* TODO: cost-effectiveness, timing, priority
* DONE: spec'd, made, tested, shipped, doc'd
* !OVER: people use it, OPEX, baka-yoke
* GROWTH: contonuous improvement, or death
* DEATH: decommission is hard work

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# 1st Rails internship

* Office Layout
  - Power structure
  - Conway's Law

* Diversity @ Champs-Élysées
  - Actual meritocracy is non-menacing
  - Broadness of info for accurate big-picture
  - Market equilibrium

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# CRM: first & last names

* first and last names are not just `.split`
  - nobility, spanish culture, divorce
  - non-western cultures

* you might not have just one person
  - billing something to roommates: Mr & Mr?
  - what's their first and last names? (George & Ringo, Harrisson & Starr?)

* just trust that user input (& I rarely say that)

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CRM: civility

* civility isn't gender, gender isn't sex
  - "I prefer not to say"

* you probably don't need to know sex
  - yes, by law: find best proxy (SSN, ID card)
  - yes, dating: find actual need (gender)

* what should I put on envelopes or emails?
  - Civility means Mr, Mrs, Miss... Dr or Prof
  - also `Maître`, `M. le Président`, `SAS`

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# Other jobs

Words have meaning

Disambiguisation

Trust but verify

Self-interest != self-centered

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# Get feedback

* Boss & team (shame)
* Mentor (external)
* Self (delusional?)
* Automatic (& fast)

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# Craftsmanship

Sharpen your tools

Analyse your own work

Boy-scout rule

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# Choosing libraries

* "Right tool for the job"
 - what I know and think is best
 - what I want to play with /!\

* "Right fit for the project"
 - fitting your problem
 - maintained, active
 - business fits
 - technical debt

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# Code is (for) Business

- keep the big picture
- long/short term tradeoffs
- know where your money comes from/goes to

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# Tech watch & news

* media diet & SNR
  - why: T-shaped (breadth + depth)
  - when: twitter, podcasts, blogs, books

* weak/strong signal, echo chambers?
  - hotness: read a bit later (HN daily)
  - follow people that are different

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# FOMO

* thought leaders
 - if it's outstanding, it will reach you
 - fame is not given, it is made

* my trick: skip every other generation
 - you're hot half the time
 - you don't look so bad half the time
 - .info[(phone, home, JS... now 1/3, or is it 1/10, 1/20?)]

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# More reading

`1.01**365 == 37.78`
`0.99**365 == 0.025`

* thecodelesscode.com
* HPMOR.com

* become a speaker! It's not ego:
  - sharing is caring
  - teaching is learning

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# ★ Beware of what you like

Strong opinions weakly held

When you WANT to believe... is when you SHOULD NOT believe

.info[I didn't learn all that not to change my mind -- Foucault]

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# Questions?

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[@ParisRB](https://twitter.com/parisrb) -
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# Thanks!

.b[[@abelar_s](https://twitter.com/abelar_s) -
[@ParisRB](https://twitter.com/parisrb) -
[@RailsGirlsParis](https://twitter.com/railsgirlsparis)]
 
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# The Zen of Python

- Beautiful is better than ugly
- Explicit is better than implicit
- Simple is better than complex
- Complex is better than complicated
- Readability counts

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# Smart Questions

* forget the word Hacker, forget ESR
* forget superiority complex, forget exclusionary words
* please someone do a better writeup

1. try yourself (RTFM)
2. choose the correct place
3. pick a clear, concise topic
4. explain your steps and give error messages
5. respect people (polite, clear writing, no rush)

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# Tom Hirshfield's Rules

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1. If you hit every time, the target's too near -- or too big.
2. Never learn details before deciding on a first approach.
3. Never state a problem to yourself in the same terms as it was brought to you.
4. The second assault on the same problem should come from a totally different direction.
5. If you don't understand a problem, then explain it to an audience and listen to yourself.
6. Don't mind approaches that transform one problem into another, that's a new chance.
7. If it's surprising, it's useful.
8. Studying the inverse problem always helps.
9. Spend a proportion of your time analyzing your work methods.
10. If you don't ask "Why this?" often enough, someone else will ask, "Why you?"
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# FR Legalese

.info[
https://www.donneespersonnelles.fr/

CNIL et données personnelles :
[devoirs](https://www.cnil.fr/fr/comprendre-vos-obligations) &
[sanctions](https://www.cnil.fr/fr/les-sanctions-penales)

[GDPR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation) : 4% du CA O_o;

Obligation de conseil 
http://www.blogdegerardpicovschi.com/html/articles/290029.html
.br.info[ [le professionnel] doit anticiper tous les problèmes qui pourraient survenir, même ceux qui ne sont pas de son ressort ou directement dus à son intervention.]

]

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Il y a quelques situations clé assez "exemplaires" pour savoir si vous
êtes dans le cadre au niveau de la vie privée ou sécurité.

Pour la vie privée : imaginez un conjoint volage et un divorce difficile.
Si vos caméras, votre site web... peuvent prouver à l'autre conjoint que le premier faute, KO.

Pour la sécurité : imaginez une rupture difficile et un-e ex psychopathe violent.
Si votre site peut leaker des infos persos (mail, tel, adresse, localisation), la personne est morte.