Be careful what you wish for ... - about responsibility

Young professionals want to things that matter. They want to be responsible for technology & tools, their working environment, the self-organized team and last but not least their PRODUCT! But do they know in depth what it means to be responsible ...?

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1. Be careful what you wish for …
   Konstantin Diener | cosee GmbH
   konstantin.diener@cosee.biz | @onkelkodi
   A talk about responsibility
   

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2. Images
   eBooks
   Audiobooks
   Music
   Videos
   Apps
   Web
   Desktop
   Delivery &
   Security
   

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3. Job Interview
   „What is important for you?“
   „I want to take responsibility!“
   

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4. Are you sure?
   

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5. #1 Technology
   „I want to decide which tools & frameworks to use!“
   

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6. means …
   

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7. … decide together with
   your team
   

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8. … clarify „Are my team
   mates able to support it?“
   

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9. … not just your pet
   technology
   

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10. … keep operational
    aspects in mind (DevOps)
    

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11. … keep costs in mind
    (DevOps)
    

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12. … If it breaks, you have
    to fix it (night & day)
    

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13. … clean up mess
    

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14. Martin Fowler
    "When you feel the need to write a comment,
    first try to refactor the code so that any
    comment becomes superfluous."
    

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15. #2 Working times
    „I want to decide when to start working and how long to work!“
    

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16. means …
    

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17. … have a core working
    time together
    

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18. … negotiate holidays
    with my colleagues
    

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19. … establish a remote
    codex with my team
    

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20. #3 Self-organization
    „I want to organize my work together with my team, no
    command and control!“
    

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21. means …
    

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22. … to give valuable
    feedback to my colleagues.
    

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23. … to receive feedback
    from my colleagues.
    

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24. … If anything sucks,
    fix it
    

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25. … personal
    retrospectives
    

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26. … postpone my personal
    demands sometimes
    

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27. … negotiate constraints
    with my manager
    

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28. #4 Product
    „We want to develop the product together. No code monkeys!“
    

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29. means …
    

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30. … nobody will save your ass.
    Push to production!
    

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31. … validated learning.
    Not just ideas!
    

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32. … You Build It,
    You Run It!
    

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33. … talk to customers
    

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34. … earn your team’s
    salaries
    

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35. Its hard …
    

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36. … but it feels good!
    

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37. Konstantin Diener | cosee GmbH
    konstantin.diener@cosee.biz | @onkelkodi
    More?
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