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Making Badass Developers - Kathy Sierra (Serious Pony) keynote

O'Reilly · talk · Watch on YouTube

Education & learningSoftware practice, open source & careersPsychology & human behavior

What it is

Kathy Sierra's Fluent 2015 keynote on the one metaskill for developers: the ability to come up to speed quickly and stay there. She covers how people learn, cognitive resources versus willpower, and building skill.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it when asked how to learn better or keep improving.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “Kathy Sierra gave an informative talk on the topic of learning at the 2015 O'Reilly Fluent conference.”

    Kathy Sierra on how to learn and become skilled

    cha-cho, 2017-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How to learn new things better?”

  2. “it certainly seems interesting, the whole talk is”

    Talk segment on cognitive resources versus willpower

    yestoallthat, 2017-02 · Recommendation · in ““A state of flow can be achieved by deep work””

  3. “Learn how to learn”

    Listed as a way to learn how to learn

    itamarst, 2017-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How do you keep improving?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: kathy sierra, skill acquisition, developer learning, cognition, keynote

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