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Aaron Quint
June 08, 2013
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Working with Rubyists
A microtalk I gave at GoRuCo 2013 about the excitement and challenges of managing a Ruby team.
Aaron Quint
June 08, 2013
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Transcript
Hey, Aaron HEy, Everyone
It’s hard to say this but
over the past couple of years
I’ve become a manager
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None
Oh, a suit MANAGER!
No, I’m a Developer, That also Develops PeoplE
People ARE
A difficult set of
A difficult set of Infinitely complicated
A difficult set of Infinitely complicated NEVER perfect
A difficult set of Infinitely complicated NEVER perfect Always different
A difficult set of Infinitely complicated NEVER perfect Always different
Problems
programmers are a specific kind of PeoplE
Rubyists are a specific kind of PROGRAMMER
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Junior Developer
Junior Developer
Junior Developer Lead Developer
Junior Developer Lead Developer
Junior Developer Lead Developer Manager
Junior Developer Lead Developer Manager
CTO = Creative technical outlook
You can lead by doing You can still write code
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SIMPLE RULES FOR MANAGING PEOPLE/ PROGRAMMERS/ RUBYISTS
Pay them in trust, let them pay you in quality
code 1. Treat people like adults
Positive and Negative 2. Give and solicit feedback
Mentoring is a way of life 3. always be willing
to share knowledge
The Need for Creeds 4. Set out with IDEALS and
live by them
I’m wrong a lot. Learn from other people’s mistakes, too.
5. Admit when you’re wrong, Learn from it
People are the biggest challenge you will ever get a
chance to tackle
Though people call me @aq HI, MY name is aaron
I work at
I’m a manager github.com/quirkey twitter.com/aq quirkey.com paperlesspost.com