Delivered as a Keynote at Burlington Ruby Conference on August 3rd, 2013. Learn how to become a better and a more desirable developer.

1. @markbates
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4. why the tuxedo?
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6. GET /better
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7. about 3 years ago
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9. what can i do?
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10. how do i improve?
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11. how do i become
more desirable?
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12. a quick story
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21. 9 years later...
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24. how do you get to
carnegie hall?
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25. practice
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26. what does this
have to do with
being a better
developer?
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27. EVERYTHING!
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28. being “better”
is achievable
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29. but it involves
WORK!
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32. practice
network
itunes
write
perform
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33. code
network
github
blog
speak
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34. code!
(practice)
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36. how do you get to
google?
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37. practice
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38. contribute to
other’s projects
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39. build your
own apps
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40. copy other’s
apps
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41. build twitter
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42. build facebook
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43. the list is endless
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44. write tests for
an existing library
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45. put it on github!
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47. github
(itunes)
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49. put it on your
resume!
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50. contribute!
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51. post your
open-source
projects
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52. fix issues for
your favorite libraries
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53. build your name
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54. build your style
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55. work in their
constraints
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56. blog
(write)
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58. improve communication
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59. improve documentation
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60. write about your
projects
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61. dissect other’s
projects
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62. just write!
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63. speak
(perform)
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65. name recognition
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66. learn new topics
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67. meet people
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68. free beer!
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69. network
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71. be an extrovert!
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72. next gig?
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73. new friend?
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74. learn something new!
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75. code
network
github
blog
speak
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76. is there a shortcut?
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78. @markbates
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