The 7 Deadly Sins of Developer Onboarding

My talk as given at DevXCon SF 2017

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1. SE7EN
   The
   Sins of Developer Onboarding
   

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2. Cristiano Betta
   

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3. DX Designer
   

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4. betta.io
   

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5. @cbetta
   

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6. I get angry
   

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7. Very angry
   

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10. $$$
    

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11. HACKATHONS
    

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12. T-SHIRTS
    

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13. DEVELOPER
    EXPERIENCE
    

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14. AAARRRRRRRRR
    

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15. AAARRRRRRRRR
    

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16. SE7EN
    The
    Sins of Developer Onboarding
    

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17. DEADLY
    The
    Sins of Developer Onboarding
    

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22. WAT?
    

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24. FTP?
    

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26. CURL?
    

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29. Get Started
    

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35. What do you value?
    

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36. Email addresses?
    

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37. Twitter followers?
    

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38. Paying users?
    

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48. PUNCH ME
    

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51. Product
    

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52. API
    +
    Docs
    

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54. Extra
    

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    community
    

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67. Perfection
    Broken
    

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68. Perfection
    Broken Good Enough
    

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95. 
    community
    

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96. DESIRE
    

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97. 1. Jargon-y
    The desire to show others
    that your are a smart-ass
    The desire to have show people
    you’re smarter than them
    

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98. 2. Unfocussed
    The desire to posses
    email addresses
    The desire to have others
    just figure stuff out on their own
    

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99. 3. Undisciplined
    The desire to ship before
    the documentation is ready
    The desire to ship before
    a product it is ready
    

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100. 4. Arrogant
     The desire for everyone to
     learn the way you learn
     The desire to want a product
     that magically explains itself
     

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101. 5. Scrooge
     The desire to make money
     The desire to make
     money of everyone
     

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102. 6. Frustrated
     The desire to punish
     bad behaviour
     The desire to have
     others deal with your
     spam problem
     

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103. 7. Short sighted
     The desire to have others
     make your SDKs for you
     The desire to have a
     product that doesn't need SDKs
     

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104. Hanlon’s Razor
     

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105. Hanlon’s Razor
     “Never attribute to MALICE
     that which is adequately
     explained by INABILITY”
     

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106. Cristiano Betta
     cristiano@betta.io work.betta.io
     @cbetta
     

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107. DevXCon Workshop
     May 23, 2̸17
     betta.io
     

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108. Cristiano Betta
     cristiano@betta.io work.betta.io
     @cbetta
     

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