T shirt sizes and poker; the trick to scoping w/ Nathan Atkinson @ PXG

The "Senior" Junior Engineer

เนื้อหาจัดทำโดย Andrew Locke เนื้อหาพอดแคสต์ทั้งหมด รวมถึงตอน กราฟิก และคำอธิบายพอดแคสต์ได้รับการอัปโหลดและจัดเตรียมโดย Andrew Locke หรือพันธมิตรแพลตฟอร์มพอดแคสต์โดยตรง หากคุณเชื่อว่ามีบุคคลอื่นใช้งานที่มีลิขสิทธิ์ของคุณโดยไม่ได้รับอนุญาต คุณสามารถปฏิบัติตามขั้นตอนที่อธิบายไว้ที่นี่ https://th.player.fm/legal

3+ y ago 1:06:10

MP3•หน้าโฮมของตอน

ซีรีส์ที่ถูกเก็บถาวร ("ฟีดที่ไม่ได้ใช้งาน" status)

When? This feed was archived on February 27, 2024 02:26 (2M ago). Last successful fetch was on July 20, 2023 13:24 (9M ago)

Why? ฟีดที่ไม่ได้ใช้งาน status. เซิร์ฟเวอร์ของเราไม่สามารถดึงฟีดพอดคาสท์ที่ใช้งานได้สักระยะหนึ่ง

What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.

EPISODE SUMMARY

On this episode I interview Nathan Atkinson, a Senior Software Engineer at PXG and my mentor. Nathan, like myself, is a "non-traditional" convert into the world of SWE. Nathan has been with his company for 6 years and has watched his team grow from 3 to 11 engineers during that time. We discuss a wide range of topics from the importance of keeping a journal, a "senior" engineer's approach to variable and function naming and how to use poker or t-shirt sizes to get better at scoping your work.

EPISODE NOTES

Some topics covered in today's episode:

Keeping a journal to keep track of what you've learned can help you better leverage your strengths, and learn from your weaknesses
Figure out how to ask the right questions to illuminate unknowns.
Getting it done vs getting it done in the "best way"
Have a "senior's" approach naming variables & pseudo coding
How to scope work by weighting / pointing, while taking into account team's current load and "difficulty" of implementation. talking through projects with the team to determine the scope before diving in. Breakaway from days & hours mentality.
- Effort
- Complexity
- Dependency
Skills he wishes he would have gotten better at
- Debugging - console log to using a debugger & breakpoints
- Building side projects
Three biggest Takeaways
- The importance of staying physically fit, taking care of yourself, stretch
- When getting advice, pay attention to the thought process of the person giving the advice.
- Find a team that challenges you and pushes you to grow.

News!

Ask me anything! - If you have any questions, let me know! I'll do an episode where I answer your questions.

Featuring

Nathan Atkinson — Linkedin

Andrew Locke — Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Medium

Links

The pragmatic programmer - Book
Fullstack React w/ Ben Awad - YouTube tutorial building reddit
Harvard's CS 50 Class - How Nathan got started before his bootcamp
Ask me anything - If you have any questions, let me know! I'll do an episode where I answer your questions.
Signup to be on the podcast

14 ตอน

#Tech #Careers #Business #Podcasting Education #Self-Improvement #Andrew Locke