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Cecy C.
November 07, 2019
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Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews
Presented at The Lead Dev Austin Meetup, November 7th, 2019.
Cecy C.
November 07, 2019
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Transcript
Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews Cecy Correa // @cecycorrea
// The Lead Dev Austin Meetup November 2019 1 Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews {vulnerability: true}
Hi, I’m Cecy! @cecycorrea Surviving Code Reviews & Tech
Interviews 2
I want to talk about vulnerability & failure 3 Surviving
Code Reviews & Tech Interviews
code reviews & tech interviews Surviving Code Reviews & Tech
Interviews 4
Code Reviews Building bullet proof PRs 5 Surviving Code Reviews
& Tech Interviews
6 Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews
Why does this happen?
How does it make you feel? 8 Surviving Code Reviews
& Tech Interviews
Find a way to get control back 9 Surviving Code
Reviews & Tech Interviews
Create a bullet-proof pull request 10 Surviving Code Reviews &
Tech Interviews
DISTRACTIONS 11 Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews
Presentation theme goes here Bullet-proof PRs • Make your PR
as small as possible • Provide context • Provide visuals (where applicable) 12 Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews
Small PRs aka Extreme Slicing EXTREME SLICING is the practice
of breaking down a task into its smallest possible sub-tasks 13 Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews SMOL BOI
Presentation theme goes here Put your PR in Context •
Context is king • JIRA / Trello / ticket • Problem you’re solving • Solution 14 Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews THE CONTEXT KING
Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews 15
Bullet-proof PRs •Are small •Provide context 16 Surviving Code Reviews
& Tech Interviews
Presentation theme goes here What if that still doesn’t work?
17 Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews
It’s part of a larger systemic issue Surviving Code Reviews
& Tech Interviews 18
Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews 19
How do we collectively improve? Surviving Code Reviews & Tech
Interviews
Presentation theme goes here Define success as a team 21
Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews
Establish a team Operating System Surviving Code Reviews & Tech
Interviews 22
“The ultimate goal is to improve the quality of the
code and the product, and any unpleasant tones of one-upmanship should be avoided. Remember that the code is not the author and the author is not the code. Do not take or make things personal.” 23 Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews
Codify as a team how to provide feedback Surviving Code
Reviews & Tech Interviews 24
Feedback should be actionable Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews
25
Feedback should be in context Surviving Code Reviews & Tech
Interviews 26
Feedback should not do the work for someone Surviving Code
Reviews & Tech Interviews 27
A note on “assume positive intent”
assume positive intent == burden on the receiver
assume people are smart competent here for a reason
Bullet-proof PRs •Are small •Provide context 31 Surviving Code Reviews
& Tech Interviews
Good feedback •Actionable •In context •Sets people on the right
path 32 Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews
</code reviews>
Tech interviews Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews 34
The rule about technical interview club is… Surviving Code Reviews
& Tech Interviews 35
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People perform inconsistently Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews 39
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People suck at gauging their own performance Surviving Code Reviews
& Tech Interviews 41
Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews
"When people think they did poorly, even if they actually
didn’t, they may be a lot less likely to want to work with you.” Surviving Code Reviews & Tech Interviews 43
Improving the tech interview experience
Hiring at Thinkful •Take home code challenge •Talk through solution
•Add a feature •Open ended architecture
Start the interview by establishing a baseline
Fix tech interview process? Prioritize hiring.
Thank you