TheLeadDeveloper - Building happier engineering teams

http://theleaddeveloper.com/talks.php#orenellenbogen

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1. @ “No  were harmed in the making of this talk” – said no one, ever. Until now.
3. Photo credit: Mike Kepka
4. Photo credit: AirBnB
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8. “ Photo credit: Facebook
15. We’re beautiful snowflakes
16. Head of Engineering @ Forter I write at Lnbogen.com I tweet @orenellenbogen + Oren Ellenbogen
17. SoftwareLeadWeekly.com LeadingSnowflakes.com
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21. • Amazing mission statement organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful • Hard to iterate fast (process heavy) • Incredible technology MapReduce, Google FS etc.
22. • Awesome mission statement make the world more open and connected • Fast iterations, small teams • Great technology (+ leftovers) PHP – I’m looking at you!
23. • Some lame mission statement print money, and that’s pretty much it. • Fast iterations, small teams • Great technology, incredible scale!
25. (your engineers)
26. Explicitly hire for: People who can prioritize & get things done on their own They focus on autonomy
31. Changing code -> … -> something breaks -> lack of trust -> slower cycle (process++) -> new department of [trust issue] -> still breaks … -> death (of happiness)
34. Changing code -> … -> something breaks -> quick release + retrospect -> automate/test stuff -> still breaks -> quick release + retrospect -> automate/test stuff -> …
38. http://www.slideshare.net/HubSpot/the-hubspot-culture-code-creating-a-company-we-love http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664
42. “Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. WTF?
44. The last person to join the company is responsible to create a “starter kit” for the next one to join
49. VP SEO at TripAdvisor
52. Onboarding process for your building blocks
53. Scaling your DNA
54. Scheduling time for non-urgent tasks https://medium.com/life-at-obvious/3231f644a8b1
55. “ One day I will work for a company that does something like this. ”
57. https://github.com/EverythingMe/redash
59. http://randsinrepose.com/archives/bored-people-quit/
60. Junior Engineers Practice, practice, practice Experienced Engineers Practice, lead, build organizational trust Veteran Engineers Become an expert or pivot (+mentor as a Bar Raiser)
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