Becoming an Outlier: Reprogramming the Developer Mind

Pluralsight
Course Summary
Explore the habits and career tactics that create remarkable developers. Take control of your career, and set yourself apart from the pack. Become an Outlier.
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Course Description
As a developer, your image and your mind are your product. So to get what you’ve never had, you must do what you’ve never done with these precious tools. If you want to make a bigger impact, raise your income, and code with purpose, this course will outline the path to get you there. This course is about making a paradigm shift in how you manage your career. We’ll discuss concrete activities and skills that transform average developers into outliers. You’ll learn why developers can't afford cable, ways to improve your “luck surface area”, and techniques to compress your career through accelerated development. You'll learn the foundational skills for becoming an outlier: command your time, hack your image, and own your trajectory. Prepare to think about your development career in a whole new way.
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Course Syllabus
The Outlier Motivation- 8m 56s
—Introduction 1m 23s
—Job, Career, or Calling? 1m 24s
—What is Your Y-axis? 4m 44s
—The Transformation 1m 23sCommand Your Time- 48m 53s
—Introduction 3m 7s
—Habits Build Experts 6m 34s
—Seven Facets of Life 3m 9s
—The Multithreaded Commute 5m 3s
—Rethink Giving Back 1m 19s
—The Multithreaded Life 4m 46s
—Be Modal 4m 2s
—Stay Modal 2m 22s
—Clear Your Mind 1m 38s
—What's Your Default Mode? 2m 0s
—Manicure Your Media Stream 3m 17s
—Life Changing Media 4m 53s
—Focus on Your Realm of Influence 1m 31s
—Money is Time: Outliers Delegate 3m 30s
—Summary 1m 37sHack Your Image- 40m 4sOwn Your Trajectory- 40m 7sThe Outlier Challenge- 15m 28s