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Coffee as Collaboration

Craig Kerstiens
January 31, 2013
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Coffee as Collaboration

Craig Kerstiens

January 31, 2013
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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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