Currently, I am reading an assigned book, “Apprenticeship Patterns” for my CS class. It is one of the simplest books so far I’ve read at university for a CS course. The book is written for upcoming software developers who are lost or in other words, are unaware of how to balance and increase their knowledge in the developing field.
The author explains the meaning of software developers by connecting it to apprenticeship, which is a way of “equipping programmers by teaching them to value learning over the appearance of smartness to relish a challenge and use errors as routes to mastery.” It is a way to learn about being a good Software developer. The basic concepts were defined and it is agreeable how Apprenticeship Patterns help establish a good software developer.
The author portrays it simply, to be a software developer there are few basic keys phrases that need to be understood:
- Adopt changes based on feedback
- Pragmatic rather them dogmatic
- Failure happens so that lessons are learned
- Welcome all the elements of the software developing community
- Surrounding yourself among people who are as eager as you are, or smarter than you. Growth is important and it comes from learning by others.
Where kept me going was the short stories that were introduced before the main idea. It helped me stay focused. After reading the short stories it helped me connect to the point that the author was stating. What caught my attention was the short story of the “Emptying The Cup”. The meaning behind the story refreshed my mind in knowing that no matter how well you know, adopting new skills won’t do any harm hence it will increase the ability to enhance the knowledge of what is being taught.
It agrees with the author that you are never done learning there will always be something to learn in order to grow. One phase of language or skill is never sufficient. After reading the chapters, I have been focusing on what needs to be done. I am currently looking for opportunities to learn and communicate with other software developers.
I would definitely recommend the book to anyone who is pursuing a career in a Software developer.
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