Does Not Compute

Special thanks to Digital Ocean for sponsoring this week's episode! Head on over to http://digitalocean.com/doesnotcompute and use the code doesnotcompute to get a 1gb droplet for free for an entire month. Again, that's a free ssd backed server with a dozen one click installs available for free. Things Mentioned Rails Conf 2016 Some classic Aaron Patterson puns Being a developer after 40 by Adrian Kosmaczewski Firing People by Zach Holman SOAP REST (A large) List of programming languages Quiet by Susan Cain The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg Oliver Pattison is a badass Tips for being thrown into the deep end Don't give up Don't Panic Try to stay positive Read read read! Read the docs, the source, read examples Take notes of docs and examples Find people that have experience and ask questions Don't paste any code that you understand and can't explain Isolate separate pieces of the app and start with things that you might be familiar with Create some type of roadmap with feature specs Previous Show Notes