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Consume ➡️ Build ➡️ Teach

How to learn something for realz

Kent C. Dodds

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if you are able ❤️ ♿️

What this talk is

  • My personal experiences
  • Things I messed up
  • Things I got right
  • How I recommend learning
  • Based on a previous talk: kcd.im/0to60

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Consume

Reading

Consume Curated Content

Learn from others

  • Water-cooler chats
  • Discord/Slack/etc.
  • Open Source
  • Stack Overflow
  • Twitter
  • Meetups
  • Conferences

Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.

- George Evans

Build

to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.

-Stephen R. Covey

SpendMyCents.com

InfiniteWPM

Filtered List

Why is "x" so...

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

-Grace Hopper

While persistence offers no guarantees, it does give 'luck' a chance to operate.

- Tom Shippey

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

-Thomas A. Edison

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. 

- Coco Chanel

Teach

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

-Aristotle

Intro to AngularJS

How I got into Egghead

Teaching is nature's way of letting you know how sloppy your understanding is.

-Ashley G. Williams

  • Open Source
  • Blog
  • Screencast
  • Speaking at Meetups/Conferences
  • Answer StackOverflow
  • Help people on Discord/Slack
  • Help in issues on a repo

Teaching Ideas

KCD Learning Clubs

Don't be afraid to try

You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

- Wayne Gretzky

Smart    Hard Worker

Hard Worker    Nice

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- John Jesse

Make the world a better place

Resources

Thank you!