Love & Problem Solving

Achieving Happiness & Productivity at the Intersections of Love & Problem-Solving

1. ACHIEVING HAPPINESS & PRODUCTIVITY AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF LOVE & PROBLEM-SOLVING ! Brian Sodano
2. LOVE (Passion) enthusiasm passionate engaged apathetic passive disengaged
3. PROBLEM- SOLVING (Solutions) success what is needed right-sized flexible failure what is NOT needed over-engineered no flexibility
4. 1. LOVE 2. PROBLEM-SOLVE 3. ??? 4. PROFIT
5. SIX AREAS THAT YOU CAN FOCUS ON TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY TARGET ACHIEVING HAPPINESS & PRODUCTIVITY AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF LOVE & PROBLEM-SOLVING
7. How do I solve problems (effectively)? (positive y-axis)
8. KNOW YOUR PROBLEMS (duh.) - Product Owner (Business) - Prioritize - Don’t force your solutions (Engineering)
9. LIMIT YOURSELF (on purpose. within reason.) - Architectural Examples - Framework & Environment Choices - Minimize Everything: - don’t Underestimate DevOps work
10. PROTECT YOURSELF - SIMPLIFY - DRY - ANALYZE - AUTOMATE - DELETE CODE
11. What is love (two types)? (positive x-axis)
12. KNOW YOUR TEAM - What motivates? - What are their values? - Where are they headed?
13. TEAMBUILDING - Remote CAN’T EVEN - You are in this together - SO much time together
14. HAVE SOME HUMILITY (but give credit constantly)
15. 1. Know your problems 2. Limit yourself 3. Protect yourself 4. Know your team 5. Teambuilding 6. Have Some Humility 7. Profit
16. Thank you - @codemouse - xively.com - codemouse.com - github.com/codemouse