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April 30, 2015
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Love & Problem Solving

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

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Brian Sodano

April 30, 2015

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Transcript

  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
  6. None

  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