The Intuition Code

Coders, ready to elevate your game? Join Barbara Oakley, the mastermind behind Coursera’s monumental Learning How to Learn. Unlock the secrets to optimizing your most potent tool—your brain. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, this session promises to amplify your coding skills. Subscribe now and redefine your coding journey!

Attention all coders, from novices to seasoned programmers! The pace of technological change is unyielding, and software engineers often find themselves adapting to new tools, techniques, and systems continuously. Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Barbara Oakley, is at the helm of Learning How to Learn on Coursera, one of the world’s most subscribed massive open online courses, boasting millions of students. In this session, she’ll guide you in optimizing the significant tool in a software developer’s arsenal: the brain. Dive into our illuminating workshop titled How to Be a Better Coder—your passport to enhancing your coding prowess, irrespective of where you currently stand.

Takeaways:

Discover the intricacies of effective learning, integrating techniques like spaced repetition, the Pomodoro technique, and the balance between focused and diffuse thinking.
Differentiate between working and long-term memory, optimizing memory capacity and understanding the roles of scaffolding and pacing for diverse learners.
Dive deep into the brain’s chemistry, understanding how dopamine and neural pathways influence interest and skill acquisition, essential for coding practices.
Explore neurodiversity, mental models, and motivation in the context of coding, fostering inclusivity and understanding in the tech space.
Harness modern tools, from retrieval apps to deliberate practices, emphasizing the critical role of sleep, nutrition, and holistic well-being for peak coding performance.
Engage in interactive discussions on internal and external motivation, procedural systems’ impact on coding tasks, and the value of a continuous learning mindset in the tech industry.