In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the non-glamorous skills that will improve your life as a developer!

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Show Notes

3:13 - Why it's needed

Make you a better dev

Make big tasks easier

7:00 - Why we don't do it

Because it's hard

It's boring - sometimes

It's not our focus

7:24 - Good command line skills

Get around file system

Copy, move, delete things

8:58 - Keyboard skills

Jump by word/line/BOL/EOL

Learn 1 new shortcut per week

Custom keybindings for common tasks

14:22 - Communication and interpersonal skills

14:41 - Time management

Focus apps to help

How long will something take?

Revisit past projects when they are done and see how long it took

16:36 - Good file hygiene

Good folder structure

Delete old cruft

Clear your recycle

Desktop and downloads are off-limits

Create template structures or tools for commonly used structures

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