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 ====== Stephen's Plan to Suck Less (at Software Development) ====== ====== Stephen's Plan to Suck Less (at Software Development) ======
  
-===== Stephen's Knowledge Portfolio =====+===== Stephen's Knowledge Portfolio Development =====
  
-^ Principle ^ Goal ^ +^ Principle ^ Goal ^ Target ^ 
-| Learn one new language a year (and do something useful with it) | Perl (?) by end of 2009 | +| Study other articles | Study 'Design Principles and Design Patterns' | 9 August 2009 | 
-| Study a book a quarter | //The Pragmatic Programmer// by end of October 2009 \\ //The Mythical Man Month// by end of January 2010 \\ //Code Complete 2// by end of April 2010 | +| Microsoft Certification | 4+ hours exam study () | Week ending 23 August 2009 | 
-| Study magazine articles | Study July's MSDN magazine articles by 16 August 2009 \\ Study August's MSDN magazine articles by 30 August 2009 | +| Keep stuff in brain | Update exam question recordings | 16 August 2009 | 
-| Attend local user group events | Keep an eye on [[http://www.intergen.co.nz/News-Events/Intergen-Events--Seminars/|Intergen events]] and [[http://www.dot.net.nz/UserGroupPages/ChristchurchNET.aspx|Christchurch .NET User Group]] events. | +| Study magazine articles | Study July's MSDN magazine articles | 16 August 2009 | 
-| Read blogs | Keep reading Coding Horror. | +| Study magazine articles | Study August's MSDN magazine articles | 30 August 2009 | 
-| Podcasts | Keep listening to Stack Overflow's podcast. |+| Study a book a quarter | //The Pragmatic Programmer// | End of October 2009 | 
 +| Learn one new language a year (and do something useful with it) | Perl | End of 2009 | 
 +| Microsoft Certification | Pass 70-528 exam | End of 2009 | 
 +| Study a book a quarter | //The Mythical Man Month// | End of January 2010 | 
 +| Study a book a quarter | //Code Complete 2// | End of April 2010 | 
 +| Microsoft Certification | Pass 70-562 exam | End of June 2010 | 
 +| Microsoft Certification | Pass 70-564 exam | End of 2010 | 
 +| Attend local user group events | Keep an eye on [[http://www.intergen.co.nz/News-Events/Intergen-Events--Seminars/|Intergen events]], [[http://www.dot.net.nz/UserGroupPages/ChristchurchNET.aspx|Christchurch .NET User Group]] and [[http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz/Home|Canterbury Software Cluster]] events. | (On going) | 
 +| Read blogs | Keep reading Coding Horror. | (On going) | 
 +| Podcasts | Keep listening to Stack Overflow's podcast. | (On going) | 
 +| Learn new stuff | SOLID Principles | | 
 +| Learn new stuff | Unit testing (NUnit?) | | 
 +| Learn new stuff | Build something with Microsoft MVC framework | | 
 +| Learn new stuff | Build something using jQuery | |
  
 +===== Completed Goals =====
  
-===== Weekly Schedule =====+^ Principle ^ Goal ^ Target ^ 
 +| Microsoft Certification | 6+ hours exam study (5.9 H) | Week ending 16 August 2009 | 
 +| Microsoft Certification | 6+ hours exam study (6.2 H) | Week ending 9 August 2009 | 
 +| Keep stuff in brain | Update exam question lucky dip | 9 August 2009 | 
 +| Keep stuff in brain | Update exam question recordings | 2 August 2009 | 
 +| Microsoft Certification | 7+ hours exam study (7.2 H) | Week ending 2 August 2009 | 
 +| Keep stuff in brain | Create exam question lucky dip | 2 August 2009 |
  
-==== Upcoming ====+===== Microsoft Certification =====
  
-^ Week Ending ^ Task ^ Progress ^ Achieved ^ +See also [[microsoft_certification_goal | Microsoft Certification Goal]].
-| 2 August 2009 | 7+ hours exam study | M 81m T 61m W 70m Th 90m F 62m | | +
-| 2 August 2009 | Update exam question recordings | | | +
-| 2 August 2009 | Read 'Design Principles and Design Patterns' | | | +
-| 2 August 2009 | Create exam question lucky dip | | | +
-| 9 August 2009 | 7+ hours exam study | | | +
-| 16 August 2009 | 7+ hours exam study | | | +
-| 16 August 2009 | Read July's MSDN magazine articles | | | +
-| 23 August 2009 | 7+ hours exam study | | | +
-| 30 August 2009 | Read August's MSDN magazine articles | | |+
  
-==== Previous ====+==== ASP.NET ====
  
-^ Week Ending ^ Task ^ Achieved ^ +^  MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5 ASP .NET Applications  ^^ 
-| 2 August 2009 | Pick which book to read next | Yes |+| Exam 70-536 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation | 
 +| Exam 70-562 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development |
  
-===== Goals =====+^  MCPD: ASP.NET Developer 3.5 on Visual Studio 2008  ^^ 
 +| Exam 70-536 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation | 
 +| Exam 70-562 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development | 
 +| Exam 70-564 | MCPD Requirement: PRO: Designing and Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 |
  
-==== Current Committed ====+==== Windows Forms ====
  
-  * Complete 70-536 exam.+^  MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5 Windows Forms Applications  ^^ 
 +| Exam 70-536 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation | 
 +| Exam 70-505 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Forms Application Development |
  
-==== Future Uncommitted ====+^  MCPD: Windows Developer 3.5 on Visual Studio 2008  ^^ 
 +| Exam 70-536 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation | 
 +| Exam 70-505 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Forms Application Development | 
 +| Exam 70-563 | MCPD Requirement: PRO: Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 |
  
-  * Write Buckets front end with MVC framework. +==== Geek Events ====
-  * Complete 70-528 exam (to get MCTS) +
-  * Successfully submit a patch to an open source project.+
  
-===== Language of the Year ===== +  * [[http://www.intergen.co.nz/News-Events/Intergen-Events--Seminars/|Intergen events]] 
- +  * [[http://www.agileprofessionals.net/wellington_events|Agile Professionals Network]]
-^ Year ^ Language ^ +
-| 2009 | ?? | +
- +
-===== Books to Study ===== +
- +
-  - The Pragmatic Programmer +
-  - The Mythical Man Month +
-  - Code Complete 2 +
- +
-===== Articles to Study ===== +
- +
-  - Design Principles and Design Patterns - Robert C. Martin +
-  - Pablo's SOLID Software Development (eBook)+
  
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