This year I was invited to speak and give a workshop for CakePHP at PHP Matsuri in Tokyo, Japan. I was thrilled to be invited, and was keen to make contact with some old friends from last years Cake Matsuri event, and to meet some new and exciting people.
The event day 1 kicked off with some interesting talks. Hirotaka Yoshioka of Rakuten talked about how to get into programming as an adult, and made some very interesting points. I really enjoyed hearing him talk about how we need to "learn how to learn". This is an important point for any developer, to be able to take other proples advice and opinions and to be able to learn effectively from those around us.[ read full post > ]
