The way of a backendThe way of a backendprogrammerprogrammer

a.k.a. Years of blood,a.k.a. Years of blood,sweat and tearssweat and tears

AR, Seznam.czPilsen 20181

Who am I?Who am I?Alex RembishAlex Rembish

SiberianBackend developer with 10+ years of experiencePython enthusiast (6+ years)Senior Lead Programmer atCurrently mostly working on YAML files

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Backend programmer?Backend programmer?

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Backend programmer?Backend programmer?

TL;DR who doesn't wantto do frontend work

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Difficulty Level:Difficulty Level: Jr.Jr.

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Junior goalsJunior goals

1. Coding itself2. Gaining experience3. Playing with technologies4. Making spare money5. Prestige6. ...7. PROFIT?

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Expectation of a JuniorExpectation of a Junior

1. Desire to learn2. Listening skills3. Asking questions4. Clean code5. ...6. Getting shit done

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Junior problemsJunior problems

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Junior vs team problemsJunior vs team problems1. Not asking questions2. Mess in knowledge3. "Reinveting the Wheel" problem4. Technology misuse/abuse5. Dirty code

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Team vs juniors problemsTeam vs juniors problems1. Get shit done!2. Uncontrolled development3. Too busy to explain4. Unclear expectations5. Unclear tasks6. Unclear workflows7. Cold start too cold8. Undocumented environment9. General delegation problems

10. ...

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Level up!Level up!1. Hard skills2. Product knowledge

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Difficulty Level:Difficulty Level: MIDMID

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Four horsemenFour horsemen

of the Apocalypseof the Apocalypse

1. Routine2. Overconfidence3. Loss of interest4. YOLO development

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Three YearsThree Years problem problem

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Developer'sDeveloper'sburn-outburn-out after after

X years*X years*

* generally three years15

Let's flip a coinLet's flip a coin

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Team Team developsdevelopsprogrammers,programmers,

but programmersbut programmersmakemake a team a team

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Technical debtTechnical debt

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Level Up! Level Up!Level Up! Level Up!

Routine ⇒ Self-developmentOverconfidence ⇒ Automation

Loss of Interest ⇒ Proficiency enlargementYOLO development ⇒ Refactoring and reviews

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Difficulty Level:Difficulty Level:SeñorSeñor

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ProductProduct problems problems1. Get shit done!2. Uncontrolled development3. Too busy to explain4. Unclear expectations5. Unclear tasks6. Unclear workflows7. Cold start too cold8. Undocumented environment9. General delegation problems

10. ...

...and skills21

DIY: Get shit doneDIY: Get shit done

1. Talk about problems2. New features vs Refactoring ratio3. Project bootstrapping4. Basic dev documentation5. Build and deployment automation6. Preproduction environment7. Basic tests8. Legacy code reducing9. ...

10. PROFIT

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Level Up! Level Up! Level Up!Level Up! Level Up! Level Up!

Routine ⇒ Soft skills growthOverconfidence ⇒ Bullet-proof environment

Loss of Interest ⇒ Product developmentYOLO development ⇒ Easy to support and update

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...and get ready...and get readyfor the for the next levelnext level

Fullstack Lead

DevOps

Product

CTO

Architect

Batman

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If you're looking forIf you're looking for a company,a company, which promoteswhich promotes self-developmentself-development,, I know one :)I know one :)

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Q&AQ&A

Sincerely yours YAMLprogrammer

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