Talmudic Maxims to Maximize Your Growth as a Developer - Yitzchok Willroth

This month ShorePHP's organizer will abuse privilege and subject the membership to his own talk... :) In all seriousness, this talk has gotten a tremendous amount of positive feedback and though it's not as technically rich as those we've scheduled previously, I think it's a good fit for the group.

As I'll be leaving the following week to present the talk at two conferences and numerous user groups throughout Europe, this will also serve as the kick-off event for the "Wisdom as a Service World Tour". I'm not sure what that means yet, but we'll see if we pull together something extra... :)

We're also going to have a special presentation via video from Ed Finkler (@funkatron) who has really taken the lead on mental health awareness within the PHP community.

Obligatory Description: You’ve been programming for a while now. You’re beginning to feel that you’ve got a handle on things but at the same time can’t escape the feeling that you’ve somehow plateaued in your growth as a software developer. In this talk Yitzchok, a rabbinic scholar and software developer, shares the “wisdom of the sages” as practical, actionable advice – strategies and tactics – that you can use to reinvigorate your growth as a software developer.

Obligatory Bio: Yitzchok Willroth is a Talmudic scholar and enterprise web application developer (though seldom at the same time) living in Lakewood, NJ. A start-up veteran and dev bootcamp instructor, Yitzchok is often called upon to mentor young dev teams within the Orthodox community. He is the organizer of the ShorePHP User Group and an active participant in the PHPMentoring initiative. Passionate about clean code and robust application architecture, he is also a strong proponent of remote teams as a way for organizations to thrive while affording developers a healthy work:life balance.