Brain Theft, But In A Good Way

We just finished recording our latest Show and Tell video, featuring Vadim Klimov. Vadim occupies a level of nerdery all his own when it comes to tooling for SAP Integration Suite. (Don't miss Vadim's previous Show and Tell, either!) We are privileged to have folks share their expertise with us. Timo Elliott, Björn Schulz, Holger Bruchelt, and Lars Hvam Petersen have all opened their screens up for inspection.

But you know what's more important than seeing the screens? More important than going out to open source projects they show us? It's that during the active session, they are sharing their thoughts. The paths that lead to the innovations, the process that leads to the awesomeness…that's the secret goodness they're showing us.

Early in my career, I got to share a desk with an amazing developer. It seemed like there was no problem he couldn't instantly smash. But after about six weeks of working beside him, I figured out that reading his code wasn't going to get me anywhere. I had to read his process. And when I figured out how to emulate that, I leveled up.

That's the core of our Show and Tell idea. If you want to be as awesome as someone, don't study their work. Study how they work. PM