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
2. It’s hard to say this but
3. over the past couple of years
4. I’ve become a manager
7. Oh, a suit MANAGER!
8. No, I’m a Developer, That also Develops PeoplE
9. People ARE
10. A difficult set of
11. A difficult set of Infinitely complicated
12. A difficult set of Infinitely complicated NEVER perfect
13. A difficult set of Infinitely complicated NEVER perfect Always different
14. A difficult set of Infinitely complicated NEVER perfect Always different Problems
15. programmers are a specific kind of PeoplE
16. Rubyists are a specific kind of PROGRAMMER
18. Junior Developer
19. Junior Developer
20. Junior Developer Lead Developer
21. Junior Developer Lead Developer
22. Junior Developer Lead Developer Manager
23. Junior Developer Lead Developer Manager
24. CTO = Creative technical outlook
25. You can lead by doing You can still write code
27. SIMPLE RULES FOR MANAGING PEOPLE/ PROGRAMMERS/ RUBYISTS
28. Pay them in trust, let them pay you in quality code 1. Treat people like adults
29. Positive and Negative 2. Give and solicit feedback
30. Mentoring is a way of life 3. always be willing to share knowledge
31. The Need for Creeds 4. Set out with IDEALS and live by them
32. I’m wrong a lot. Learn from other people’s mistakes, too. 5. Admit when you’re wrong, Learn from it
33. People are the biggest challenge you will ever get a chance to tackle
34. Though people call me @aq HI, MY name is aaron
35. I work at
36. I’m a manager github.com/quirkey twitter.com/aq quirkey.com paperlesspost.com