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Circumventing Fear of the Unknown

Ash Furrow
September 04, 2018

Circumventing Fear of the Unknown

Presented at try! Swift NYC 2018: https://www.tryswift.co/events/2018/nyc/#fear

Slides with speaker notes are here: https://static.ashfurrow.com/try_swift_2018/deck_with_notes.pdf

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Ash Furrow

September 04, 2018
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  1. Circumventing Fear
    Of The Unknown

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  2. Story Time

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  3. Agenda
    1. Fear Cannot Be Avoided
    2. Struggling is Normal
    3. Work Smarter, Not Harder

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  4. Fear Cannot Be Avoided

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  5. Everyone experiences fear

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  6. Fear cannot be avoided

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  7. Fear cannot be avoided…
    But it can be circumvented

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  8. We can change our relationship to fear
    By acknowledging it

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  10. We can change our relationship to fear
    By talking about it with others

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  11. The best work environments
    Invite you to ask questions
    And talk about feelings

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  12. As a human being
    You deserve a supportive environment

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  13. Leaders need to exhibit curiosity
    And praise curiosity in others
    And encourage empathy

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  14. Struggling is Normal

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  15. https://jvns.ca

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  16. https://jvns.ca

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  17. Computers are actually
    Pretty difficult

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  18. Engineers don’t write code
    Engineers solve problems

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  19. Don’t get attached to your code
    Don’t get attached to your tools

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  20. There is always someone
    Lower-stack than you

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  21. Work Smarter, Not Harder

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  22. Humans want to have an impact

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  23. When starting your career
    You focus on learning a lot of new things
    And gaining experience

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  24. Engineers tend to over-specialize

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  25. Expert

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  26. Expert Generalist

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  27. Expert Generalist T-Shaped

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  28. Branching out of expertise is difficult
    You will struggle
    That’s okay

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  29. As your career grows
    You need to shift
    And focus on improving how you work

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  30. Forget about flow state

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  31. Skill Level
    Challenge Level
    Apathy

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  32. Skill Level
    Challenge Level
    Relaxation

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  33. Skill Level
    Challenge Level
    Anxiety

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  34. Skill Level
    Challenge Level
    Flow

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  35. Do shallow work

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  36. Skill Level
    Challenge Level
    Flow

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  37. Skill Level
    Challenge Level
    Flow
    Anxiety

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  38. Skill Level
    Challenge Level
    Shallow work

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  39. Pair with other engineers

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  40. Focus on a minimum-viable next step

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  41. Learn how you work best
    But don’t overdo it

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  42. Wrapping Up
    1. Fear Cannot Be Avoided
    2. Struggling is Normal
    3. Work Smarter, Not Harder

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  43. You’ve Got This
    (And it’s okay if you don’t)

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