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Jakob
September 28, 2016
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Remote by default: How GitHub makes remote work a first class experience.
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Transcript
How people build software ! " Remote by default How
GitHub makes remote work a first class experience
How people build software ! Jakob Class Application Engineer
! github.com/mikrobi 2 $
How people build software ! "
How people build software ! ! GitHubbers around the world
4
How people build software ! ! Why is remote work
great for employees? 5 % Flexibility Work when and from wherever you want & Autonomy Work however you want
How people build software ! ! Why is remote work
great for companies? 6 ' Global presence Hire the best people form all over the world ( Diversity Aggregate a broad set of skills and knowledge Innovation Great products
How people build software ! ! How to enable remote
work 7 ) Over communicate * Write things down + Record meetings % Span work cycles over 24 hours Asynchronous communication
How people build software ! ! How to communicate asynchronously
8 ! ! Team App
How people build software ! ! Source code and project
management: ! 9 , Repositories to manage code and documents - Issues to discuss ideas . Pull requests to discuss changes New: Boards to manage projects
How people build software ! ! Chat: Slack 10 •
Formal channels for projects, teams and departments #rails-upgrade, #databases, #finance… • Informal channels #german, #bicycles, #cars…
How people build software ! ! ChatOps: Hubot 11 Bring
the tools into the conversations
How people build software ! ! Internal blog: 12 !
Team App
How people build software ! ! Internal video platform: 13
How people build software ! ! Internal wiki: 14
How people build software ! ! How to overcome isolation?
15 WHO ARE THE PEOPLE BEHIND THESE AVATARS?
How people build software ! ! Onboarding 16 Up to
2 weeks at HQ to get started
How people build software ! ! Summit 17 Annual all
hands meet up for all GitHubbers
How people build software ! ! Mini summits and hack
houses 18 Get together to work on a project or define team roadmaps
How people build software ! ! HQ visit 19 Quarterly
visits at HQ to stay connected
How people build software ! ! Remote work is awesome
20 • Needs to be a first class experience • Asynchronous communication • Self-management • Face time
How people build software ! " DISCUSSION