TheLeadDeveloper - Building happier engineering teams

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@ “No  were harmed in the making of this talk” – said no one, ever. Until now.

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Photo credit: Mike Kepka

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Photo credit: AirBnB

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“ Photo credit: Facebook

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We’re beautiful snowflakes

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Head of Engineering @ Forter I write at Lnbogen.com I tweet @orenellenbogen + Oren Ellenbogen

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SoftwareLeadWeekly.com LeadingSnowflakes.com

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photo credit bennylin0724

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• 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.

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• Awesome mission statement make the world more open and connected • Fast iterations, small teams • Great technology (+ leftovers) PHP – I’m looking at you!

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• Some lame mission statement print money, and that’s pretty much it. • Fast iterations, small teams • Great technology, incredible scale!

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(your engineers)

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Explicitly hire for: People who can prioritize & get things done on their own They focus on autonomy

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

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Changing code -> … -> something breaks -> quick release + retrospect -> automate/test stuff -> still breaks -> quick release + retrospect -> automate/test stuff -> …

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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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“Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. WTF?

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The last person to join the company is responsible to create a “starter kit” for the next one to join

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VP SEO at TripAdvisor

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Onboarding process for your building blocks

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Scaling your DNA

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Scheduling time for non-urgent tasks https://medium.com/life-at-obvious/3231f644a8b1

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“ One day I will work for a company that does something like this. ”

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https://github.com/EverythingMe/redash

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http://randsinrepose.com/archives/bored-people-quit/

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Junior Engineers Practice, practice, practice Experienced Engineers Practice, lead, build organizational trust Veteran Engineers Become an expert or pivot (+mentor as a Bar Raiser)