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Brian Sodano
April 30, 2015
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Love & Problem Solving
Achieving Happiness & Productivity at the Intersections of Love & Problem-Solving
Brian Sodano
April 30, 2015
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Transcript
ACHIEVING HAPPINESS & PRODUCTIVITY AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF LOVE &
PROBLEM-SOLVING ! Brian Sodano
LOVE (Passion) enthusiasm passionate engaged apathetic passive disengaged
PROBLEM- SOLVING (Solutions) success what is needed right-sized flexible failure
what is NOT needed over-engineered no flexibility
1. LOVE 2. PROBLEM-SOLVE 3. ??? 4. PROFIT
SIX AREAS THAT YOU CAN FOCUS ON TO BE ABLE
TO EFFECTIVELY TARGET ACHIEVING HAPPINESS & PRODUCTIVITY AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF LOVE & PROBLEM-SOLVING
None
How do I solve problems (effectively)? (positive y-axis)
KNOW YOUR PROBLEMS (duh.) - Product Owner (Business) - Prioritize
- Don’t force your solutions (Engineering)
LIMIT YOURSELF (on purpose. within reason.) - Architectural Examples -
Framework & Environment Choices - Minimize Everything: - don’t Underestimate DevOps work
PROTECT YOURSELF - SIMPLIFY - DRY - ANALYZE - AUTOMATE
- DELETE CODE
What is love (two types)? (positive x-axis)
KNOW YOUR TEAM - What motivates? - What are their
values? - Where are they headed?
TEAMBUILDING - Remote CAN’T EVEN - You are in this
together - SO much time together
HAVE SOME HUMILITY (but give credit constantly)
1. Know your problems 2. Limit yourself 3. Protect yourself
4. Know your team 5. Teambuilding 6. Have Some Humility 7. Profit
Thank you - @codemouse - xively.com - codemouse.com - github.com/codemouse