Everything That I Really Needed to Know, I Learned in Rabbinical School
summary
Argues actionable habits that measurably accelerate developer growth: use PHP mentoring.org and cultivate ad hoc mentors; pair program and run regular code review; run coding katas for deliberate practice; write preemptive commit messages and make granular commits; treat side projects as paired learning and start local groups (example: Shore PHP). Cites concrete signals — a 500‑day daily coding streak, the first open‑source contribution being a grammar/style edit to PHP The Right Way — and shows these practices work.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:15Wisdom of the Sages
- 11:40Cultivating a Mentor
- 15:55Code Review
- 18:07Side Projects
- 19:24Sean McCool
- 19:46The power of peers
- 27:40Open Source
- 31:02Consistency
- 37:39The timid doesnt learn
- 39:41Conclusion
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