Comments on: What Makes You a Great Professional http://blog.brodzinski.com/2010/01/become-great-professional.html Dealing with software projects in real life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Pawel Brodzinski http://blog.brodzinski.com/2010/01/become-great-professional.html#comment-3128 Pawel Brodzinski Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:42:12 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/?p=1552#comment-3128 Rini, I believe we think about the same thing but look at it from different perspective. Learning just for the sake of the process is useless. And I think people who don't use gathered knowledge are very rare. But yes, you can call it drive to improve things and most of the we'll be talking about the same people. Rini,

I believe we think about the same thing but look at it from different perspective. Learning just for the sake of the process is useless. And I think people who don’t use gathered knowledge are very rare.

But yes, you can call it drive to improve things and most of the we’ll be talking about the same people.

]]> By: Rini http://blog.brodzinski.com/2010/01/become-great-professional.html#comment-3122 Rini Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:07:14 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/?p=1552#comment-3122 The drive to always do things better today than they did yesterday! Learning is part of that, however, learning alone does not improve things. Knowledge, when not used, is still useless. So, what makes a great professional for me is someone who does enjoy the succeses (and failures) of today, but always has the intrinsic drive to do even better tomorrow. But, for sure, learning is a prerequisite. The drive to always do things better today than they did yesterday!
Learning is part of that, however, learning alone does not improve things. Knowledge, when not used, is still useless. So, what makes a great professional for me is someone who does enjoy the succeses (and failures) of today, but always has the intrinsic drive to do even better tomorrow. But, for sure, learning is a prerequisite.

]]> By: Pawel Brodzinski http://blog.brodzinski.com/2010/01/become-great-professional.html#comment-3041 Pawel Brodzinski Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:56:51 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/?p=1552#comment-3041 I would say in given situation developer should ask how she can help with fixing a bottle neck which restrains her to take another story. And if there isn't anything she could do she may switch to self-development mode. But in general I agree. There are a lot of small learning opportunities at work. Many people however prefer to spend that time reading about celebrities or something. After all it's just a matter of choice. I would say in given situation developer should ask how she can help with fixing a bottle neck which restrains her to take another story. And if there isn’t anything she could do she may switch to self-development mode.

But in general I agree. There are a lot of small learning opportunities at work. Many people however prefer to spend that time reading about celebrities or something. After all it’s just a matter of choice.

]]> By: Olga Kouzina http://blog.brodzinski.com/2010/01/become-great-professional.html#comment-3034 Olga Kouzina Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:38:54 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/?p=1552#comment-3034 speaking about opportunities to learn: you can go and learn something if you wait for testers, and don't ask for new user stories :) as in this blog post http://www.targetprocess.com/blog/2009/12/kanban-psychology-can-you-say-no.html these are not "formal opportunities of growth" but chances to practice learning whenever possible. Little learning is a dangerous thing, so learn on :) speaking about opportunities to learn: you can go and learn something if you wait for testers, and don’t ask for new user stories :) as in this blog post http://www.targetprocess.com/blog/2009/12/kanban-psychology-can-you-say-no.html these are not “formal opportunities of growth” but chances to practice learning whenever possible. Little learning is a dangerous thing, so learn on :)

]]> By: Pawel Brodzinski http://blog.brodzinski.com/2010/01/become-great-professional.html#comment-3024 Pawel Brodzinski Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:58:11 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/?p=1552#comment-3024 I wouldn't make it formal to the point when you expect some kind of apprenticeship to learn. You can learn in your free time if your current occupation doesn't support you with this. Then you can just change a job using an advantage you've built learning thus enable further self-improvement path. Best specialists I've ever worked with never treated lack of opportunities at work as an excuse to stop learning. They were starting another part-time job or running their pet projects or were just reading hell lot of new things which broadened their knowledge and perspectives. Later, when right time had come, this experience or knowledge appeared invaluable and it was something which made them stand out form the crowd. I wouldn’t make it formal to the point when you expect some kind of apprenticeship to learn. You can learn in your free time if your current occupation doesn’t support you with this. Then you can just change a job using an advantage you’ve built learning thus enable further self-improvement path.

Best specialists I’ve ever worked with never treated lack of opportunities at work as an excuse to stop learning. They were starting another part-time job or running their pet projects or were just reading hell lot of new things which broadened their knowledge and perspectives. Later, when right time had come, this experience or knowledge appeared invaluable and it was something which made them stand out form the crowd.

]]> By: Joshua Lewis http://blog.brodzinski.com/2010/01/become-great-professional.html#comment-3014 Joshua Lewis Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:41:46 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/?p=1552#comment-3014 This is on my reading list: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596518387 I think that part of why developers sometimes have a bad reputation is because even if people want to learn, there aren't necessarily formal avenues of growth. There's no professional body, and there is no form of apprenticeship (at least in my country). Hopefully this will start to change soon. This is on my reading list: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596518387

I think that part of why developers sometimes have a bad reputation is because even if people want to learn, there aren’t necessarily formal avenues of growth. There’s no professional body, and there is no form of apprenticeship (at least in my country). Hopefully this will start to change soon.

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