Far from the mobbing crowd

What happens when a group of open-source programmers try to build the company they've always wanted to work for?

Let's find out.

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1. Far From the Mobbing Crowd
   QCon London 2016 / Culture Track
   @mattwynne | @tooky | @cucumberbdd
   

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3. https://www.flickr.
   

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6. We tried to do this before - we had
   problems
   

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8. “All the brilliant people
   working on the same
   thing, at the same time,
   in the same space, and
   on the same computer”
   -- Woody Zuill
   

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9. Remote
   

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14. https://www.flickr.com/photos/judy-van-der-
    

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15. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwwuppertal
    

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16. ?
    

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17. Resilience
    

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18. Meetups
    

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19. Our Values...
    

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20. Adventure
    

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21. Independence
    

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22. Community
    (Compassion)
    

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23. Purpose
    

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24. Play
    

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25. “XP is an experiment in
    answer to the question,
    "How would you program
    if you had enough time?”
    -- Sir Kent Beck, XP Explained
    

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26. Thanks
    @mattwynne | @tooky | @cucumberbdd
    hello@cucumber.io
    

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