Aberdeen PHP User Group aims to provide a regular meeting for developers in Aberdeen and the surrounding areas to get together and discuss just about anything in and around the PHP Community.
We meet on the first Wednesday of each month and run talks or open conversations around a variety of tech topics; with a focus on PHP development but extending to general development practises.
AberdeenPHP The Mindful Developer: Be Less Busy & More Productive
Description changed:
David McKay (@rawkode) will be joining us to talk about developer productivity!
"Being a developer, programmer, analyst, tester, designer, etc … is hard. We work in an industry that champions the 12+ hour work day; continued learning and open source contributions, but not on the company’s dollar. We’re continually berated with the idea of the 10x developer and so we must work harder, read more blogs, write more code and buy more books … but when will it ever end? Will technology ever stand still long enough to let us all catch up? No. You’ll always be busy, busy playing catch up in a race you didn’t sign up for.
Fortunately, there’s another way. Instead of being busy, I can help you be more productive. I will walk you through some of the tools and techniques that I use on a daily basis to maintain and upgrade my skills in a world of ever changing technology, and, more importantly; to protect my sanity, be more present and remove stress and fear from my life."
As usual this will be surrounded by geeky chat, pizza and a drink (or two).
6:30 - Arrival, pizza, drinks and chat
7:00 - Intros and PHPNews (all the big stories of the last month delightfully put together by Rob Cooper)
7:20 (ish) - Talk by David McKay
7:50 onwards Q&A and open discussion
8:45 - Home/pub time ;)
