How to learn quickly in tech

[maggiechu26]

Details

• We are Alex and Rahul, 2 tech leads who have ~15 years of experience combined working for top Silicon Valley software companies like Facebook and Pinterest.
• The absolute most important skill in tech isn't coding, debugging, or anything else technical — it is learning. Continuous learning is crucial because the tech industry moves insanely fast; the best engineers need to constantly adapt to keep up with the times.

In this session, we will break down the techniques we used to learn quickly, empowering us to join top companies like Facebook and become tech leads within them.

Speakers

Alexander Chiou - GitHub, Linkedin
Android developer @ Robinhood. Building apps with 2 million+ downloads on Google Play and running a YouTube channel with 133k+ subscribers in his spare time.

Rahul Pandey - GitHub, Linkedin
Tech Lead @ Facebook, Stanford Lecturer, and YouTuber with 20K+ subscribers who are accelerating their career in tech.

What the speakers would like to know

• How happy are you with your time management?
• Do you spend time planning your day?
• What else would you like to know about this topic?
• What would you want to take away from this talk?

Share your thoughts

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2. Leave a comment to:
   • Answer the questions above
   • Share other suggestions
   • Or simply give some encouragement to the speakers! ✨

[j0214ack]

How happy are you with your time management?

I'd say 6 out of 10

Do you spend time planning your day?

Yes, but most of the time I followed my daily routine. There isn't much room for planning

What else would you like to know about this topic?

Will the technique be suitable for one who has a family and young children?

[rpandey1234]

This is great, thanks for the feedback! One of our goals is to unpack the "daily routine" and better understand what goes into it.

[msjh80311]

• How happy are you with your time management?
  About 6 out of 10

• Do you spend time planning your day?
  Not really. I work on the tasks on my TODO list first, and spend the rest time at ease.

• What else would you like to know about this topic?

  1. How much time would you spend on the learning?
  2. How to take/manage notes for the massive knowledge?

[rpandey1234]

Great questions, thank you!

[fbuireu]

How happy are you with your time management?

I'd say about 7 out of 10. In my opinion, you can't always handle the time as you wish because most of the time it's not up to you. And when you have the opportunity to do it, you must schedule stuff balancing mental health and responsabilities.

Do you spend time planning your day?

During my workdays, I mostly do not, although I do keep in mind the time of my meetings in order to know when I should be able to be more productive. During my freelance hours/weekends, I do.

What else would you like to know about this topic?

I'd like an answer to the following: "Do you think that we (developers) have a short-life professional journey?" I mean, we can still code our whole life but when we're 50 years old we tend to be old-fashioned, slow-learners compared to talented 20 years-young fellows. How to overcome that situation? Is team management our only path?

What would you want to take away from this talk?

I have my own opinion about how to improve and be successful in the tech world but I'd like to know others' thoughts based on facts and solid background to learn more and know if they agree with me.

[rpandey1234]

interesting, let me think about the short-life question!!

[shawninder]

So what kind of learning techniques will you be talking about? I don't really understand what to expect from this talk.

[tc6899]

How happy are you with your time management?
Much better since I have experimented with my weekly schedule. I have to work 7 days a week as I am a private tutor for people all over the world, and their evenings are when I have to work. I time block chunks when I get the chance, but mainly I just have to know what the major and minor thing I'm working on is. When I find I'm free, I sit down and get going. I wish I could be better at getting ahead when I have a gap instead of relaxing, so I don't have to have as many days when I can only start my learning at 11pm and get for too little sleep. This happens WAY too often.

Do you spend time planning your day?
My schedule is managed automatically using Acuity scheduling by my pupils, and this changes daily so I do this planning in the morning.

What else would you like to know about this topic?
For someone trying to learn who has busts of time from 15 minutes to 3 hours, what techniques are there to get back into the zone as quickly as possible.

What would you want to take away from this talk?
A system where I feel my learning doesn't feel as fragmented, even though it will be in terms of the times I'm doing it. What ratio of books/videos:/exercises to do when learning the basics. Should I bother with exercises when I already know what project I want to do, or should I try to do bits of the project first.

Thanks in advance for offering your time like this!