Forget Distributed Systems. Build Distributed Companies!

The workplace for the 21st century developer is changing.

Driven by telecoms growth, remote working is no longer a difficult exception; it’s the hot new trend. People can live closer to their families and still get the job they want and this is nothing short of a revolution!

You better be prepared!

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1. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 FORGET DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS. BUILD DISTRIBUTED COMPANIES!
2. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ARE EASY 2
3. PEOPLE PROBLEMS ARE HARD !!
4. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 BUILD DISTRIBUTED COMPANIES!
5. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 YORGOS 5 Software Engineer for ~ 15 years. Clean Code, OSS, Automation, Community. Working remotely for past 2 years Full-time remote for past 6 months
6. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 6 Employees in 25 countries
7. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 7 FOSS Communications Platform i.e. Real-Time Communications Middleware: ๏Programmable Voice, ๏Programmable Messaging & ๏Programmable Video. https://github.com/Restcomm
8. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 8 3 founders live and work in 3 continents
9. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 9 A fully distributed company: ✓No HQ. ✓No “local offices”. ✓Everyone free to work from wherever they are. ✓In their local timezone.
10. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 THIS DOESN’T SOUND RIGHT… 10
11. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 11 OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
12. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 OSS SHOULDN’T WORK! BECAUSE: 12 People get paid to work Small teams work best for software projects. Scaling software teams for given project X is difficult. Teams work in the same building. Teams need meetings to coordinate
13. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 13 VOLUNTARY WORK
14. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 VOLUNTARY WORK 14
15. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 VOLUNTARY WORK 15 But… People… spend their free time “working” like this!
16. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 VOLUNTARY WORK 16 VS
17. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 17 MOTIVATION
18. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 18 Work Fun
19. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 19 Motivation
20. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 20 SCALING PEOPLE IS HARD
21. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 SCALING PPL? SURE! 21
22. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 LINUX KERNEL 22 • 15600 CONTRIBUTORS • 1400 COMPANIES • 4300 NEW CONTRIBUTORS IN 2017
23. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 23 OSS WILL NEVER CATCH ON
24. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 IT ALREADY HAS. 24
25. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 25 GEO-REDUNDANCY IS HARD
26. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 DISTRIBUTED, IN NATURE 26
27. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 ACROSS TIMEZONES 27 No DM on GitHub. Instead: Simply exchanging notes on given topic (issue, Pull/Merge Request, code comment)
28. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 ACROSS TIMEZONES 28
29. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 29
30. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 30
32. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 REMOTE WORKING 32
33. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 SOME KEY FACTS 33 Huge(!) demand in software developers today Big differences in economies of different countries Big companies want to reduce costs (outsourcing) People prefer to stay close to their families & friends Or, simply put, it’s NOT always the case that: placeWhereIdealJobIsLocated == placeWhereIwantMeAndMyFamilyToLive
34. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 DEMAND 34
35. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 DEMAND 35
36. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 36
37. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 SUPPLY 37
38. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 WHAT DOES THE “SUPPLY” LOOK LIKE? 38 ?
39. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 WHAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL FOR DEVS? 39 Algorithms & Data Structures Mathematics Learning Soft skills
40. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 40 smart people are born everywhere! (…not only where you choose to set up shop..)
41. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 ECONOMICS 41
42. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 WORLD ECONOMICS 42 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Developed_and_developing_countries.PNG
43. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 GDP (PPP) PER CAPITA 43 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_Per_Capita_in_2015.svg
44. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 DEMAND SHAPES THE WORLD 44
45. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 DEMAND SHAPES THE WORLD 45 ppl flock to large cities, big centers (where they can find jobs) yet people want to: * live somewhere sunny / warm * live close to family & friends * live in a place that fits their lifestyle (family, going out, etc. )
46. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 ONLINE PRESENCE CREATES TRUST 46
47. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 ONLINE PRESENCE Social Media: Twitter FB Instagram etc LinkedIn GitHub StackOverflow 47
48. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 REMOTE WORKING BENEFITS 48
49. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 NO COMMUTE! ok… maybe you’ll have to travel to an offsite… 49
50. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 COME AS YOU ARE 50 devs hate suits don’t judge a book by its cover (clothes) focus on the clothes / outfit that you feel comfortable in NOT your pyjamas
51. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 CHOOSE YOUR WORKPLACE 51 go somewhere you feel creative. no more noisy colleagues no more open space offices
52. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 FIND IT. THEN CHANGE IT. 52
53. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 CROSS-CULTURE ENVIRONMENT 53 meet people from every part of the world learn about different customs, habits, foods diversity is built-in, not bolted on
54. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 UNDERSTAND LOCAL MARKETS 54 get to world domination faster understand how to localise native language speakers internationalization built-in
55. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 LOCAL CONTACTS 55 networking in local meetups internationally distributed Alumni birds-eye view about current state of the world
56. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 TRAVEL ! ! ! 56 take work with you! Meet the world! Telestax CTO Digital Nomad (!= freelancer)
57. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 A WORD ON DOCUMENTATION 57
58. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 REMOTE WORKING PITFALLS 58
59. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 SOME FORMALITIES 59
63. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 ASYNC COMMUNICATION 63
64. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 ASYNC COMMUNICATION you need to overcome the synchronous communication mindset blocking vs. non-blocking IO established communications pattern (letters) 64
65. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 WORKING FROM HOME 65
66. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 WORKING @ HOME wait a minute… isn’t home supposed to be where you don’t work… !?!? 66
67. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 WORKING @ HOME work-life balance when do you start/stop working? where do you work? when can the kids interrupt you? 67
68. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 WORKING @ HOME 68
69. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 WORKING @ HOME 69
70. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 WORKING @ HOME 70 #proTip: ^^ is just ONE option for remote working.
71. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 REMOTE-FIRST VS. REMOTE-FRIENDLY are you the only remote guy/girl? just using Slack doesn’t make you remote-friendly 71
72. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 CONVINCED ALREADY? 72
73. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 IN GOOD COMPANY 73
74. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 HOW TO FIND A REMOTE JOB? • https://weworkremotely.com/ • https://remoteok.io/ • https://remote.co/ • https://github.com/remoteintech/remote-jobs • https://github.com/justshiv/remote-first • https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/remote-developer-jobs 74
75. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 HOW TO GET A REMOTE JOB? 75 try some freelancing working from home. Maybe it’s not for you. get / show off some OSS experience! turn to local meetups to network with remote workers … usual tips for getting a job …
76. >> Yorgos Saslis | @gsaslis | JavaDay Istanbul 2018 THANK YOU! 76 Yorgos Saslis
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 github.com/gsaslis