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Learning Tests for AWS

Jul 28, 2020 James

I wrote an article on how to use the Java SDK with DynamoDB this month. By having a way of checking your thoughts agains tthe documentation, you can build a…

Career Productivity

Mental Models

Jun 29, 2020 James

I just finished reading an excellent article on mental models here. There are so many models that we could look into, but the article here gives 4 as a taster.…

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Make it Stick – Michael Young Case Study

Jun 23, 2020 James

From my previous article you may have seen that I have got a lot of value out of ‘Make it Stick‘ in building my learning plans/confirming that I’m designing my…

Career Learning How to Learn

Make it Stick – Tim Fellows Case Study

Jun 17, 2020 James

In others articles you may have seen that I have got a lot of value out of ‘Make it Stick‘ in building my learning plans/confirming that I’m designing my learning…

Career Productivity

Using the Pomodoro Technique for Estimations

Jun 13, 2020 James

I have based this answer off one I originally gave on Quora, and have repurposed parts of it to make it more relevant to Developers. For those of you that…

AWS Career Learning How to Learn

Make it Stick – some learning techniques

Jun 6, 2020 James

I’ve previously written about the excellent ‘Make it Stick’ and it was well overdue another read. I focused on the practical case studies that were included towards the book. The…

Career Productivity

Better Context switching with automation

May 7, 2020 James

Use scripts and tools to get you back on track

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Clawing back your career when you’ve lost hope

Apr 13, 2020 James

I answered this question on Quora back in December and it proved very popular, so I hope this provides some inspiration to those that feel like they are struggling. It’s…

Career

Advice for Developers (Long Version)

Apr 10, 2020 James

What developers take for granted : a reflection on what new starters need to know Recently at work, a combination of project scheduling, experience and expertise meant I found myself leading a…

Career

Advice for New Developers

Jan 20, 2020 James

I recently answered this question on Quora – namely “What advice can you give me on starting my first job as a software developer?” I’ll relist the key points here…

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