@mattpocockuk: Steps to become a senior programmer: 1. Install my /teach skill npx skills add mattpocock/skills --skill teach 2. Creat…
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Matt Pocock shares steps to become a senior programmer using his /teach skill and a coding agent like Claude, focusing on strategic programming skills.
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Steps to become a senior programmer:
- Install my /teach skill
npx skills add mattpocock/skills –skill teach
- Create a new working directory on your laptop
mkdir junior-to-senior cd junior-to-senior
- Kick off your coding agent in the directory
claude
- Copy this prompt
/teach me how to be a great strategic programmer. My opinion is that AI is eating ‘tactical, on-the-ground’ programming. The day-to-day work of a developer involves not only coding, but also planning, QA, codebase design, and much more. I’m interested in learning the strategic skills - that, in a previous era, would take me from junior to senior - but in this era are table stakes.
- Paste it into the coding agent
Below is an example of what the first output will look like. I used Opus 4.8, medium effort.
- Continue working with the agent until you’re a senior
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