Principle Philosophy

• thoughts about the rules or belief governing one’s behaviour
• how can I be a good person?
• how can I be a good programmer?
• logic?
• black and white rules?

Immanuel Kant

• reason vs instinct

• moral obligations

  • duty
  • the goal / volition
  • universal lawfulness

priori vs posteriori (principles vs experience)

we are the sum of our experiences

• so add to our experiences
• network experiences - shared by others eg at DjangoCon
• “everything looks different from the trenches”

story

• hated little league baseball, crap at it
• parents said had to play
• monetary incentive - home run = money
• worked out was doing it to keep parent’s happy - duty - not entirely bad thing

lesson learned

• swing for the fences

  • big vision/dream, motivated, big risks
  • hacker league

• set reasonable goals along the way

• you suck ... and that’s totally OK

• quitting is easy - I’ve done it thousands of times - who the hell knows -> at least try your best before giving up. persistence is a good thing

• build principles

• one size doesn’t fit all

• learn from experiences and share them

• ...