Creative Professional

[in tech]

Natalya Shelburne/ artist-developer.com / @natalyathree M.Ed in Talent Development, BA Studio Art, BA Developmental Psychology

Problem 1

There's so much to learn

& tech moves so quickly

"how am I ever going to catch up or keep up?"

Problem 2

I'm bored

& I'm stuck implementing not getting to do any of those awesome creative things

"am I wasting my potential?"

Oh, no! not another pep talk!

Creativity

!==

Art

The web is a

Creative

Medium

And you create, professionally

An awesome theory

for professionals

in any domain

Thanks, Science!

Get in the zone

Lev Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is the difference between what a learner can do independently and what he or she can do with more capable guidance.

Vygotsky drew us a map

Feel the Flow

“being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one... Your whole being is involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost.” -Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

Csíkszentmihályi Drew us a map too

How does this help you?

Problem 1: Don't Panic

Embrace appropriate challenges

Problem 2: Don't get stuck

Be okay with feeling perpetually new

Scaffold your way to awesomeness

find challenges that grow existing skills

"just do it"

Procedural Knowledge

=== learn by doing

Find your zone and get in the flow with a project

Be aware of your skills but have challenging goals for growth
Weekly digests are great (I love the HTML, CSS, JS emails)
Retain more knowledge by applying it to projects immediately
Have fun and write code every chance you get
- CodePen
- JS Fiddle

Create,

Professionally

Natalya Shelburne/ artist-developer.com / @natalyathree

Slides at github.com/Tallys/creative-professionals

Creative Professional – [in tech] – Get in the zone

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