Coffee as Collaboration

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1. Craig Kerstiens & Mattt Thompson
   Monki Gras — January 31, 2013
   Co as Coaboration
   

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4. • 85 people
   • 21 teams
   • 5000+ heroku apps
   • 500+ releases a day
   • 200+ deploys a day
   • 100+ public github repos
   

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7. • Move fast and improve over time
   

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8. • Move fast and improve over time
   • Experiment constantly at a small scale
   

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9. • Move fast and improve over time
   • Experiment constantly at a small scale
   • Focus on creating great experiences
   

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11. Working
    

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12. Working Communicating
    

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13. PeopleWare Engineer Survey
    

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14. PeopleWare Engineer Survey
    “interrupted regularly”
    

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15. PeopleWare Engineer Survey
    38%
    Top Performers
    “interrupted regularly”
    

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16. PeopleWare Engineer Survey
    38%
    Top Performers
    76%
    Bottom Performers
    “interrupted regularly”
    

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17. 15 – 20 minutes
    to get back into flow
    

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18. 2 hours
    of continuous,
    uninterrupted work per day
    

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19. Staying Productive
    • Headphone rule
    • Caves and commons
    • Maker’s day
    

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20. Headphone Rule
    

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21. Headphone Rule
    Headphones On
    

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22. Headphone Rule
    Headphones On =
    

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23. Headphone Rule
    Headphones On = DO NOT
    DISTURB
    

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24. Caves & Commons
    •Work in Caves
    •Dwell in Commons
    

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25. Maker’s Day
    

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26. Maker’s Day
    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    

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27. Maker’s Day
    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    No Meetings
    

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28. Maker’s Day
    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    No Meetings
    All-Hands
    Meeting
    

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29. The Allen Curve
    There is an exponential drop of frequency
    of communication between engineers as
    the distance between them increases.
    

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30. Meetings are Evil
    

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31. Staying Connected
    • Lunch
    • Beer Club
    • Coffee
    

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32. Lunch
    • Catered Everyday
    • Long Tables
    (each seat ≥ 12)
    • Eclectic Variety
    

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33. Beer Club
    • Fridays @ 4:30
    • Gourmet Spread
    • Really Good Beer
    (and whiskey)
    

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34. Coffee
    

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35. Coffee
    • ≥ 2 servings
    

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36. Coffee
    • ≥ 2 servings
    • 10 – 15 minutes
    

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37. Coffee
    • ≥ 2 servings
    • 10 – 15 minutes
    • Learnable /
    Teachable Craft
    

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38. Challenges
    

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39. Challenges
    • Remote Employees
    

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40. Challenges
    • Remote Employees
    • Tool & Service Consolidation
    

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41. Challenges
    • Remote Employees
    • Tool & Service Consolidation
    • Dunbar’s Number (~ 150)
    

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42. Craig Kerstiens & Mattt Thompson
    Monki Gras — January 31, 2013
    Co as Coaboration
    

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