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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www2.sqlblog.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Six Months to Being a Better Dev?</title><link>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/07/17/six-months-to-being-a-better-dev.aspx</link><description>So just like poor Hugo , I've been tagged by the menacing Denis , asked to describe the steps I will take to becoming a better developer over the next six months. I gave this some thought, and decided that I won't commit to reading any more technical</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)</generator><item><title>Non-Technical: Happy Birthday Twins</title><link>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/07/17/six-months-to-being-a-better-dev.aspx#1796</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:07:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:1796</guid><dc:creator>Denis Gobo</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Today my twins are one year old . It is supposed to be a little easier from now on (until they hit 2&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Six Months to Being a Better Dev?</title><link>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/07/17/six-months-to-being-a-better-dev.aspx#1798</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:18:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:1798</guid><dc:creator>Denis Gobo</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Yep i will take a break in January and read&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Blink&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Freakonomics&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The earth is flat&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4 hour work week&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Confessions of an economic hitman&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the Baroque Cycle&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Until then you know the list &amp;nbsp;;-)&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Six Months to Being a Better Dev?</title><link>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/07/17/six-months-to-being-a-better-dev.aspx#1803</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:00:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:1803</guid><dc:creator>Bill Graziano</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Adam, you have EXACTLY the right idea. &amp;nbsp;And Freakonomics is a great book.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Six Months to Being a Better Dev?</title><link>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/07/17/six-months-to-being-a-better-dev.aspx#1816</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:48:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:1816</guid><dc:creator>Stephen Moore</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I second the nod to Freakonomics. &amp;nbsp;Very good read. &amp;nbsp;And I agree with your approach on this too.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Six Months to Being a Better Dev?</title><link>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/07/17/six-months-to-being-a-better-dev.aspx#1821</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:56:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:1821</guid><dc:creator>Brennan Gordon</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Read Pilgrims Progress. It's centuries old and written for children, though most adults today would struggle to read it. It is also short.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Six Months to Being a Better Dev?</title><link>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/07/17/six-months-to-being-a-better-dev.aspx#4532</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:09:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:4532</guid><dc:creator>Brandon McKinney</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;So how did all of this work out for you?&lt;/p&gt;
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