TheLeadDeveloper - Building happier engineering teams

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1. @ “No  were harmed in the making of this

   talk” – said no one, ever. Until now.
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3. Photo credit: Mike Kepka

4. Photo credit: AirBnB

5. Photo credit: clickypix

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7. Photo credit: yiyinglu

8. “ Photo credit: Facebook

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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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20. photo credit bennylin0724

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!
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25. (your engineers)

26. Explicitly hire for: People who can prioritize & get things

    done on their own They focus on autonomy
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31. Changing code -> … -> something breaks -> lack of

    trust -> slower cycle (process++) -> new department of [trust issue] -> still breaks … -> death (of happiness)
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34. Changing code -> … -> something breaks -> quick release

    + retrospect -> automate/test stuff -> still breaks -> quick release + retrospect -> automate/test stuff -> …
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38. http://www.slideshare.net/HubSpot/the-hubspot-culture-code-creating-a-company-we-love http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664

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42. “Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make

    it universally accessible and useful. WTF?
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44. The last person to join the company is responsible to

    create a “starter kit” for the next one to join
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49. VP SEO at TripAdvisor

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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. ”
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57. https://github.com/EverythingMe/redash

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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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64. photo credit bennylin0724