Hierarchy of Developer Needs

Keynote from Glue 2014
Blog entry: http://www.blog.juliaferraioli.com/2014/05/hierarchy-of-developer-needs.html

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1. Hierarchy of Developer Needs
   Julia Ferraioli
   Senior Developer Maslow Advocate
   @juliaferraioli
   google.com/+JuliaFerraioli
   Thursday, May 22, 14
   

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2. Creative Commons image courtesy of Nina Matthews
   Thursday, May 22, 14
   

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3. How did I get here?
   • Research
   • Software engineering
   • Research (reprise)
   • Developer relations
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4. Financial gain
   Shiny objects
   Respect and
   recognition
   Utilitarianism
   Socialization
   Self
   improvement
   What drives my
   community?
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5. Creative Commons image courtesy of Luc Galoppin
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6. Image courtesy of my bad planning
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7. But I’m a developer!
   I know what my developers need.
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8. Creative Commons image courtesy of Duncan Hull
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9. My mistake
   Reference docs
   Code samples
   Tutorials
   Discussion forum
   Online courses
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10. This works...
    sometimes
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11. You have to ask your developers
    • Hit the pavement
    • Structured engagement
    • Informal engagement
    • Research (costly)
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12. Developer Profiles
    Enthusiasts Founder Enterprise Engineer
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13. No one hierarchy to rule them all
    Image used with permission of of Mirach Ravaia
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14. Back to the mistake
    Reference docs
    Code samples
    Tutorials
    Discussion forum
    Online courses
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15. Time to shuffle
    Online courses
    Tutorials
    Libraries, SDKs, gems
    Code samples
    Reference docs
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16. Time to shuffle
    User groups
    Tutorials
    Code samples
    Reference docs
    Showcases
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17. Time to shuffle
    Reference docs
    Paid support
    Code samples
    Online courses
    Libraries
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18. Debugging your hierarchy
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19. Thanks!
    Images by Connie Zhou
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20. Traditional random slide
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