Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman 1st Edition

by Dave Hoover (Author),‎ Adewale Oshineye (Author)

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Are you doing all you can to further your career as a software developer? With today's rapidly changing and ever-expanding technologies, being successful requires more than technical expertise. To grow professionally, you also need soft skills and effective learning techniques. Honing those skills is what this book is all about. Authors Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye have cataloged dozens of behavior patterns to help you perfect essential aspects of your craft.

Compiled from years of research, many interviews, and feedback from O'Reilly's online forum, these patterns address difficult situations that programmers, administrators, and DBAs face every day. And it's not just about financial success. Apprenticeship Patterns also approaches software development as a means to personal fulfillment. Discover how this book can help you make the best of both your life and your career.

Solutions to some common obstacles that this book explores in-depth include:

Burned out at work? "Nurture Your Passion" by finding a pet project to rediscover the joy of problem solving.
Feeling overwhelmed by new information? Re-explore familiar territory by building something you've built before, then use "Retreat into Competence" to move forward again.
Stuck in your learning? Seek a team of experienced and talented developers with whom you can "Be the Worst" for a while.

"Brilliant stuff! Reading this book was like being in a time machine that pulled me back to those key learning moments in my career as a professional software developer and, instead of having to learn best practices the hard way, I had a guru sitting on my shoulder guiding me every step towards master craftsmanship. I'll certainly be recommending this book to clients. I wish I had this book 14 years ago!"-Russ Miles, CEO, OpenCredo

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About the Author

Dave Hoover is the Chief Craftsman at Obtiva where he helps lead Obtiva's Software Studio and apprenticeship program. Dave has been developing software since 2000, when he left a career in child and family therapy. In 2002, Dave read Pete McBreen's "Software Craftsmanship", which re-framed Dave's understanding of software development and how people become great software developers. Dave has become increasingly passionate about learning and has dedicated several years of his career to thinking, writing, and speaking about apprenticeship. Over the last couple years, on most days, you'd find Dave coding Ruby and Rails as the lead developer for Mad Mimi, one of his clients at Obtiva. Dave also enjoys all sorts of endurance sports.

Adewale Oshineye is an engineer at a little-known search engine named Google. This is a consequence of many deeply geeky evenings spent programming 8-bit computers when he was a child. When he grew up Adewale somehow fell into IT consultancy. His career at consultancies such as Thoughtworks gave him the chance to work on projects ranging from point-of-sale systems for electrical retailers to trading systems for investment banks. It also gave him a chance to learn from some of the most interesting software craftspeople in Western Europe. In those rare moments when he's not in front of a computer he can be found behind a digital camera somewhere in London.

Paperback: 168 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (October 25, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596518382
ISBN-13: 978-0596518387
Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.5 x 9.2 inches
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Merry Caroline Purser

Author Acts Like He's Unlocked the Secret

October 7, 2017

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Meh. The concepts are pretty basic in my opinion and annoying to read from this guy. I feel like he could've condensed this into a 30 page website or essay or something. I got all I needed from the first 10 pages and the rest was a snooze-fest. I wish I hadn't bought this book online (I wouldn't have purchased if I'd seen it first in a brick-and-mortar)... Good for developers with zero social skills or understanding. Honestly, I'd recommend looking elsewhere... like a subreddit, or a blog on the topic of being good/professional in your career...

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Y. L. Tsai

Great reference book for software craftsmanship

September 11, 2015

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This is truly a great reference book for software craftsmanship.

Initially Dave gives the story about his experience of software craftsmanship. Then the definitions of software craftsmanship, being an apprentice, being a journeyman, being a master are given. Also apprenticeship and apprenticeship pattern are introduced. In following chapters, Dave and Ade use Context-Problem-Solution-Action pattern to address different situations we may encounter in our programming life. Every situation is a signal to improve ourselves and this book points "how-to" when we are stuck in these situations.

To be level up, we need to forget who we are first (emptying the cup). Then think about what we want and the long-term goal (walking the long road). Once the direction is chosen, just do it and don't be afraid of failures (accurate self-assessment). There is no really end of software craftsmanship, and all we could do is to get better and better in our whole life (perpetual learning, construct your curriculum).

In Chinese Kong-Fu, there are two categories. One is to train our skill, and the other is to train our mind. "Apprenticeship Patterns" is more like the latter category. Instead of hard skills, this book gives us some guidances in each stage of software craftsmanship on self-improvement.

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pitr

A must-have book for anyone looking into getting into software development.

November 7, 2017

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This is a book I wish I had when I was first getting interested in software development. Extremely inspirational!
I gave away my first copy to someone who had just entered school but I found myself missing it so I just had to buy another copy! I may end up buying yet another copy to keep at work for interns and new hires.

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Ross Kinney

A new way of thinking about skills versus experience

June 28, 2013

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This is a quick read packed with additional resources to follow up on.

As a very experienced programmer who is now moving from the mainframe world late in my career, I found it very refreshing that the author emphasized developing skills as being more important than having experience(surviving).

This is a book I will return to many times for the valuable information it contains.

I highly recommend this book to anyone that is open to looking at learning in a new way.

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Ben Brostoff

Applications beyond software

September 9, 2014

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This book at its heart is about honing, nurturing and innovating your craft of choice. The authors take a long view of what it means to build meaningful things in a disciplined yet creative fashion. Heavily recommend for anyone interested in meaningful skill development.

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Vlad GURDIGA

It’ not only for software developers

April 7, 2014

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The underlying principles apply very well to any other profession, and not only in apprenticeship context: they apply to anyone that wants some hints on how to keep afloat as a professional.

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Nigel J Harsch

Four Stars

April 9, 2016

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Great advice for aspiring programmers.

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Mathias Fonseca

Definitely a must-read book for aspiring architects

October 7, 2013

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This book was strongly recommended to me by various mentors, I didn't get disappointed. In fact, it led me to many other books that are already in my reading list.

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Jayesh Naithani

Common solutions to common problems

For newcomers and experienced developers - both will benefit from this book. Lots of great advice on the craft of software development and the long road to becoming master...Read more

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Inspires and Challenges

I read this book for free on oreilly.com. Now I want to own a copy to add to my Software Craftsmanship library.Read more

Published on May 27, 2011

James Holmes

Solid work on improving yourself

Short, concise, well-written, highly useful. Other books such as Chad Fowler's The Passionate Programmer cover similar things, but this book sits absolutely well in that...Read more

Published on January 28, 2011

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