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Apprenticeship Patterns

Chapter 1

What is software Craftsmanship?

  • Having mentorship is invaluable.

  • We tend to carry our thought process from our first language to a second language. Whereas the second language may have its own way of doing it.

  • Carol Dweck (Mindset) "Effort is what makes you smart or talented", failure is merely an incentive to try a different approach next time.

  • We need to be able to adapt based on the feedback we get from around us.

  • "The willingness to recognize the inadequacies in what you do and to seek out solutions"

  • Share what we know.

    • It reinforces the knowledge in us.

  • Willingness to experiment and be proven wrong.

    • We try stuff. We fail. Then we use the lessons from that failure in the next experiment.

  • We should focus on changing ourselves and not our team.

What does it mean to be an apprentice?

  • Being an apprentice is always having a mentality that there's always a better/smarter/faster way to do what you just did and what you're currently doing.
  • My apprenticeship is in my control, and the outcome is in my responsibility.

What does it mean to be a journeyman?

  • Focused on building a portfolio and gain more knowledge from a master.
  • journeyman will have more responsibility, will communicate more.

What does it mean to be a master?

  • Focus on moving the industry forward.
  • Be able to create something that will impact others
    • mentor others and teach them where their knowledge may surpass yours.

What is apprenticeship?

  • Apprenticeship is a way to learn about being a professional software developer.

What is an apprenticeship pattern?

  • Interconnected set of solutions to common problems in a specific domain.