Computer Scientist to Start-Up Engineer (Self-Awareness On Teams)

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Computer Scientist to Start-up Software Engineer Jon McCartie, Scott Lesser, Ash Srinivas LifeChurch.tv Oklahoma University - October 10, 2013 Thursday, October 10, 13

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Hi! I’m Jon and I’m a Ruby developer at Thursday, October 10, 13

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Who are we? Thursday, October 10, 13

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We are all about the “capital C” Church The local church is the hope of the world and we know we can accomplish inﬁnitely more together than apart. Thursday, October 10, 13

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Open (Free Resources) Church Online Platform Church Metrics YouVersion (The Bible App) Thursday, October 10, 13

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A Brief History Of Thursday, October 10, 13

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A Brief History • 1996 - LifeChurch.tv established • 2001 - LifeChurch.tv uses video teaching • 2006 - Church Online launches 3 online church services • 2006 - Open launches with free church resources Thursday, October 10, 13

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A Brief History • 2007 - YouVersion.com launches • 2008 - YouVersion Bible app in the iPhone App Store • 2009 - Church Metrics launches • 2010 - 2M Open downloads Thursday, October 10, 13

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A Brief History • 2012 - Church Online Platform • 2013 - YouVersion reaches 100M installs • 2013 - Church Online reaches 62 weekly services Thursday, October 10, 13

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Today • Church Metrics: 19k+ registered churches. 314M global attendance • Open: 137k+ registered users. 4.8M downloads • Church Online Platform: 5k+ registered churches. 295M global attendance • YouVersion: 111M installs. 695 Bible versions in 439 languages Thursday, October 10, 13

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What do I know now that I wish I knew then? Thursday, October 10, 13

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“Learning to program is the easy part. Learning to be a programmer is the difficult part.” - @jeg2 Thursday, October 10, 13

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Self-Awareness Thursday, October 10, 13

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Know Your Strengths Invest in them. Improve them. Thursday, October 10, 13

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The Equation Talent * Investment = Strength Thursday, October 10, 13

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Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger Thursday, October 10, 13

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“You can be anything you want to be, if you just try hard enough.” Thursday, October 10, 13

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“You can be anything you want to be, if you just try hard enough.” FALSE Thursday, October 10, 13

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You cannot be anything you want to be... but you can be a lot more of who you already are. Thursday, October 10, 13

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Know Your Weaknesses Work With And Learn From People Better Than You Thursday, October 10, 13

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My Weaknesses • Impulsive • Disorganized • Easily stressed out • Feelings over facts Thursday, October 10, 13

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Know Your Personality Learn How You Tick (then learn about the people around you) Thursday, October 10, 13

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MBTI Thursday, October 10, 13

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Self-Awareness • Know Your Strengths: Improve Them • Know Your Weaknesses: Work With And Learn From People Better Than You • Know How Your Personality: How You Tick Determines How You Work Thursday, October 10, 13

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Resources Free Personality Test: http://similarminds.com/jung.html Strengths Finder Book: http://amzn.com/159562015X Thursday, October 10, 13

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