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

Be careful what you wish for … Konstantin Diener |
cosee GmbH [email protected] | @onkelkodi A talk about responsibility

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

Are you sure?

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

means …

… decide together with your team

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

… not just your pet technology

… keep operational aspects in mind (DevOps)

… keep costs in mind (DevOps)

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

… clean up mess

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

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

means …

… have a core working time together

… negotiate holidays with my colleagues

… establish a remote codex with my team

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

means …

… to give valuable feedback to my colleagues.

… to receive feedback from my colleagues.

… If anything sucks, fix it

… personal retrospectives

… postpone my personal demands sometimes

… negotiate constraints with my manager

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

means …

… nobody will save your ass. Push to production!

… validated learning. Not just ideas!

… You Build It, You Run It!

… talk to customers

… earn your team’s salaries

Its hard …

… but it feels good!

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