Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware

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Software development happens in your head. Not in an editor, IDE, or design tool. Youre well educated on how to work with software and hardware, but what about wetware--our own brains? Learning new skills and new technology is critical to your career, and its all in your head.In this book by Andy Hunt, youll learn how our brains are wired, and how to take advantage of your brains architecture. Youll learn new tricks and tips to learn more, faster, and retain more of what you learn.You need a pragmatic approach to thinking and learning. You need to Refactor Your Wetware.Programmers have to learn constantly not just the stereotypical new technologies, but also the problem domain of the application, the whims of the user community, the quirks of your teammates, the shifting sands of the industry, and the evolving characteristics of the project itself as it is built.Well journey together through bits of cognitive and neuroscience, learning and behavioral theory. Youll see some surprising aspects of how our brains work, and how you can take advantage of the system to improve your own learning and thinking skills.In this book youll learn how to: Use the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to become more expert Leverage the architecture of the brain to strengthen different thinking modes Avoid common «known bugs» in your mind Learn more deliberately and more effectively