Scaling the Artisan

In the late 1700s the discovery of the principle of interchangeable parts shifted the demand for the expertise of artisans from production to design and invention. This shift transformed Western civilization and opened the way for the industrial revolution. We face a similar opportunity as one generation of software developers reaches its professional peak and a new wave of developers enter the field. This talk will trace the historical evolution of the artisan and explore how history can help us to maximize and multiply the impact of modern software artisans.

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1. Scaling the Artisan Coraline Ada Ehmke @CoralineAda where.coraline.codes
2. @CoralineAda
3. Code Witch
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12. Who Are We?
13. Are we architects?
14. Are we scientists?
15. Are we engineers?
16. Are we artisans?
19. What is an Artisan?
26. The Story of the Screw
40. Artisanal Weaponry
46. vs
60. The Software Craft
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78. The isn’t the job you’re doing today. JOB OF THE FUTURE
79. Modern Artisanship
83. You had one job.
84. Now you have three.
85. Innovate
86. Should we solve this problem with code?
87. Can we fix this with better communication?
88. Is this something we should build ourselves?
89. Should we extract this into a library?
90. Standardize
91. How do we want to do things around here?
92. How do we build consensus?
93. How do we spread best practices?
94. Multiply
95. Do we have a good mix of people?
96. Are we pairing people in an effective way?
97. What can I do to level the team up?
98. Innovate. Standardize. Be a force multiplier.
115. “Nobody running at full speed has either a head or a heart.” — William Butler Yeats
116. Algorithms can be weapons.
117. Innovate. Standardize. Be a force multiplier. Be ethical.
118. Scaling Our Craft
123. vs
126. Direct Current vs Alternating Current
128. compassionatecoder.com
129. Thanks. Coraline Ada Ehmke @CoralineAda where.coraline.codes