Product is the Byproduct by Zach Holman

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Transcript

1. BYPRODUCT THE PRODUCT is the
2. PRODUCT PEOPLE WE ARE ALL
3. SOMETIMES WE FOCUS TOO MUCH ON THE PRODUCT
4. SOMETIMES THE ENVIRONMENT IS WHAT’S IMPORTANT
5. YOUR PRODUCT SHOULD BE A BYPRODUCT
6. YOUR PRODUCT SHOULD BE A BYPRODUCT OF THE PEOPLE PROCESS & TECHNOLOGY OF YOUR COMPANY
7. FOSTER A GOOD ENVIRONMENT, BE MORE LIKELY TO CREATE A GOOD PRODUCT
8. @HOLMAN
10. TEAM
11. “PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT” EVERY CHUMP SAYS
12. SO I BETTER, TOO
13. PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT
14. BUILD YOUR TEAM
15. Kyle Neath @kneath There are thousands of developers who are extremely smart and talented. All of whom I would never, ever hire here. “
16. HIRE THOSE WHO FRUSTRATE EASILY
17. YOU WANT FIXERS
18. Any time you interview a potential hire, you need to ask yourself not only if they’re talented or collaborative but also if they’re capable of literally running this company, because they will be. “
19. HIRE BROAD PEOPLE
20. HIRE DIVERSE PEOPLE
21. [...] concluded that the groups exposed to minority views were more creative than the more homogeneous, majority groups. “ Managing Cultural Diversity: Implications for Organizational Competitiveness Cox and Blake, 1991
22. THIS IMPACTS YOUR BOTTOM LINE
23. FRIENDLY TO EVERYONE BUILD A COMPANY
24. TONE
25. Evidence That Gendered Wording in Job Advertisements Exists and Sustains Gender Inequality Gaucher, Friesen, and Kay, 2011 increases in masculine wording were sufficient to decrease women’s job appeal ratings and their anticipated belongingness in specific occupations. “
26. “BADASS” “KILLER” “ROCKSTAR” “DOMINANT”
27. “HAPPINESS” “HONEST” “TOGETHER” “FLEXIBLE”
28. IT WORKS FOR MEN, TOO PROTIP™
29. CONSIDER YOUR APPROACH TL;DR
30. I HATE BROGRAMMERS ALSO
31. CULTURE
32. I JUST CRUSHED An 18 HOUR CODE MARATHON I JUST CRUSHED An 18 HOUR CODE MARATHON
33. NO
34. GOOD CULTURE ATTRACTS GOOD PEOPLE
35. PEOPLE HAVE AND STUFF KIDS
36. BE FAMILY-FRIENDLY
37. FLEXIBLE HOURS LOCATION WORKLOAD
38. 66% REMOTE HOURS LOCATION WORKLOAD
39. ANY HOURS LOCATION WORKLOAD
40. SANE HOURS LOCATION WORKLOAD
41. YOU LIMIT YOURSELF WITH GEOGRAPHY · SET WORK HOURS · WORKLOADS
42. OS X on intel
43. a self-demoted engineer wanted his son Max to be able to live closer to Max's grandparents “ ” qr.ae/8VQDU
44. APPLE WAS FLEXIBLE
45. DESIRE
46. MARKETING IS NOT A BAD WORD
47. WE HATE THE DISINGENUOUS
48. distributed social CAT NETWORK distributed social CAT NETWORK
49. DO YOU EVEN HAVE A CAT?
50. DON’T WE WANT TO CENTRALIZE CATS?
51. WOULD YOU EVEN USE THIS YOURSELF?
52. BE GENUINE
54. BE VOCAL
55. BLOG SMALL IMPROVEMENTS
56. LEVERAGE REGULAR PRESS
57. 
58. JAN 9, 2007 KEYNOTE FIRST TV AD FEB 26 JUNE 3 TV ADS JUNE 6 TV AD JUNE 11 WWDC: IPHONE SDK JUNE 18 IMPROVED BATTERY ANNOUNCED JUNE 18 GLASS SCREEN ANNOUNCED JUNE 20 YOUTUBE APP ANNOUNCED JUNE 21 TV AD JUNE 22 GUIDED TOUR JUNE 26 PRESS REVIEWS PUBLISHED JUNE 26 AT&T PLANS ANNOUNCED JUNE 29 LAUNCH
60. 2012 RUMORS ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT JAN 2013 FEB 28 HELMETS + COLUMBIA MARCH 2 SNL AD MARCH 24 SNL AD #2 APRIL 12 COACHELLA LEAK APRIL 15 THE COLLABORATORS: PHARRELL APRIL 16 TRACKLISTING (VINE) APRIL 3 THE COLLABORATORS: GIORGIO MORODER APRIL 11 THE COLLABORATORS: NILE RODGERS APRIL 8 THE COLLABORATORS: TODD EDWARDS MAY 21 ALBUM RELEASE
61. YOU DON’T NEED A MILLION DOLLAR AD CAMPAIGN
62. THE DOUBLE-SHIP
63. REACTION
64. PEOPLE ON THE ARE DICKS INTERNET
67. HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU CARE?
68. ZERO
69. ZERO BUT THAT’S HARD :(
70. CARE THEORY
71. CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ?
72. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO FEEDBACK?
73. FANS T H R E E G R O U P S SKEPTICS HATERS
74. FANS T H R E E G R O U P S SKEPTICS HATERS PERCENTAGES ARE RELATIVE
75. FANS T H R E E G R O U P S SKEPTICS HATERS PERCENTAGES ARE RELATIVE
76. FANS T H R E E G R O U P S S K E P T I C S H A T E R S PERCENTAGES ARE RELATIVE
77. HATERS T H R E E G R O U P S PERCENTAGES ARE RELATIVE
78. FANS SKEPTICS HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? USERS
79. FANS SKEPTICS HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? COULD BE USERS
80. FANS SKEPTICS HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? NOT USERS
81. FANS SKEPTICS HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? YES MAYBE MAYBE
82. CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? SKEPTICS
83. I’LL USE IT IF YOU ADD CATS I’LL USE IT IF YOU ADD CATS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? SKEPTICS
84. I’LL USE IT IF YOU ADD CATS AND AJAX I’LL USE IT IF YOU ADD CATS AND AJAX CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? SKEPTICS
85. SKEPTICS I’LL USE IT IF YOU ADD CATS AND AJAX OVER WEBSOCKETS I’LL USE IT IF YOU ADD CATS AND AJAX OVER WEBSOCKETS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ?
86. SKEPTICS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? BE WARY OF “IF”
87. FANS CLUELESS HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? YES MAYBE MAYBE
88. HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? ASSHOLES MAY COME AROUND WHEN YOU SUCCEED UNREACHABLE
89. HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? ASSHOLES MAY COME AROUND WHEN YOU SUCCEED UNREACHABLE
90. CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? NOT ALL FEEDBACK IS EQUAL
91. (try) NOT TO WORRY ABOUT REACTION
92. was ever NOT SHIPPED NOTHING GREAT
93. BUILDING PRODUCT IS HARD
94. BUILD IT INDIRECTLY, THROUGH YOUR ENVIRONMENT
95. PEOPLE, CULTURE, BUILDING DESIRE, MANAGING REACTION
96. THANKS
97. @HOLMAN ZACHHOLMAN.COM/TALKS