Working with Rubyists

A microtalk I gave at GoRuCo 2013 about the excitement and challenges of managing a Ruby team.

Transcript

1. Hey, Aaron
   HEy, Everyone
   

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2. It’s hard to say
   this but
   

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3. over the past couple
   of years
   

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4. I’ve become
   a manager
   

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7. Oh, a suit
   MANAGER!
   

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8. No, I’m a Developer,
   That also Develops
   PeoplE
   

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9. People ARE
   

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10. A difficult set of
    

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11. A difficult set of
    Infinitely complicated
    

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12. A difficult set of
    Infinitely complicated
    NEVER perfect
    

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13. A difficult set of
    Infinitely complicated
    NEVER perfect
    Always different
    

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14. A difficult set of
    Infinitely complicated
    NEVER perfect
    Always different
    Problems
    

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15. programmers
    are a specific kind
    of PeoplE
    

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16. Rubyists
    are a specific kind
    of PROGRAMMER
    

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18. Junior Developer
    

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19. Junior Developer
    

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20. Junior Developer
    Lead Developer
    

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21. Junior Developer
    Lead Developer
    

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22. Junior Developer
    Lead Developer
    Manager
    

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23. Junior Developer
    Lead Developer
    Manager
    

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24. CTO =
    Creative
    technical
    outlook
    

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25. You can lead by doing
    You can still
    write code
    

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27. SIMPLE RULES
    FOR MANAGING
    PEOPLE/
    PROGRAMMERS/
    RUBYISTS
    

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28. Pay them in trust,
    let them pay you in quality code
    1. Treat people
    like adults
    

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29. Positive and Negative
    2. Give and
    solicit feedback
    

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30. Mentoring is a way of life
    3. always be willing to
    share knowledge
    

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31. The Need for Creeds
    4. Set out with IDEALS
    and live by them
    

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32. I’m wrong a lot. Learn from other people’s
    mistakes, too.
    5. Admit when you’re
    wrong, Learn from it
    

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33. People are the biggest
    challenge you
    will ever get a
    chance to tackle
    

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34. Though people call me @aq
    HI, MY name is aaron
    

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35. I work at
    

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36. I’m a manager
    github.com/quirkey
    twitter.com/aq
    quirkey.com
    paperlesspost.com
    

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