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Jesse Newland
March 28, 2013
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Transcript
Optimizing Ops for Happiness
Jesse Newland jnewland
Optimizing for Happiness == GitHub
How do we apply this to Ops?
None
WHAT WHY HOW sucks we need to change we can
fix it
Target audience: Me, two years ago
What sucks about Ops?
Important but uninteresting work
All software is horrible
99.999999999999999 99999999999999999 99999999999999999 999999999999999%
A Z T E C M E N T A
L I T Y
None
NEGATIVITY
#monitoringsucks
#monitoringsucks
#beingoncallsucks
How often are you on call?
How long are your shifts?
Outsourcing firm for L1 used FIVE PEOPLE
Incident Response Sucks
None
None
None
None
None
None
aux1/http is CRITICAL
None
None
None
Amazing Timing
None
DDoS Friday Night
None
It’s not all bad
Tactically acquire and apply knowledge about known and unknown complex
systems
Live and die by uptime
None
Why do we need to optimize Ops for happiness?
TOLL PHYSICAL SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
DANDRUFF
WEIGHT GAIN
TMJ
RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGES
#barops
BURNOUT
None
None
OPS SHOULDN’T BE A RUNG IN THE LADDER OF YOUR
CAREER
None
None
How do we fix this?
OPTIMIZE for HAPPINESS
None
REMOVE AS A MOTIVATOR
WORK FROM WHEREVER
None
HOOK UP DAT HOME OFFICE
BUILD AN AWESOME TEAM
MORE PEOPLE
Making on call better
Build porcelain around bad tools
TRANSCEND TOOLS and BUILD AWESOME EXPERIENCES
Encourage a culture of teamwork
None
/pager me 60
None
None
None
Build gaps into your on call schedule
remove guilt from vacations
If you sense burnout
pay for a beach trip
VACATION is CHEAPER than SEVERANCE and TRAINING
DESTROY S I L O S
SHIFT HANDOFFS
CATCH UP BEFORE YOUR NEXT SHIFT
Making incident response better
Make it easier for everyone to (act like) an expert
on everything one minute after they wake up
None
Push incident alerts directly into the field of vision
Include GRAPHS, LOGS, and DOCS
Automate resolution via chat
None
calminggorilla.coffee
None
Take control of your own happiness
Work at GitHub
[email protected]