Learn Reflect Repeat
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The document is a reflective account by Melinda Seckington on her journey in computer science, discussing themes of imposter syndrome, the importance of embracing failure as a learning opportunity, and fostering a supportive learning culture. It emphasizes the significance of trust, constructive feedback, and continuous learning from one another and the community. Seckington advocates for treating individuals with respect and potential, while encouraging a cycle of learning, reflection, and improvement.
Learn Reflect Repeat
- 12. To pioneer the best social learning experiences for everyone, everywhere
- 16. Failure Embrace
- 17. “Many people think it means accept failure with dignity and move on. The better, more subtle interpretation is that failure is a manifestation of learning and exploration. If you aren’t experiencing failure, then you are making a far worse mistake: You are being driven by the desire to avoid it.” ~ Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc.
- 19. “every question is a cry to understand the world.” ~ Carl Sagan
- 21. “Trusting others doesn’t mean that they won’t make mistakes. It means that if they do (or if you do), you trust they will act to help solve it.” ~ Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc.
- 23. "If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be." ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 25. "If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. " ~ Mahatma Gandhi
- 27. Feedback: I don’t like your commit messages. Constructive feedback: Your commit messages should explain the value of your changes, rather than just focusing on the implementation details. Have you tried describing the problem you’re trying to solve and the context behind it?
- 31. learn on your own learn from each other learn from the community learn by teaching
- 33. Start A Library
- 37. earning HourL
- 38. LightningTalks
- 39. Hackdays
- 41. Share What you Learnt at Conferences
- 42. alks We oveL T
- 47. Give A Talk
- 49. Sprint Retrospectives Incident Retrospectives Personal Retrospectives Project Retrospectives
- 50. “There are two parts to any failure: There is the event itself, with all its attendant disappointment, confusion, and shame, and then there is our reaction to it. It is this second part that we control. Do we become introspective, or do we bury our heads in the sand? Do we make it safe for others to acknowledge and learn from problems, or do we shut down discussion by looking for people to blame? ” ~ Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc.
- 51. Repeat