Engineering for Engineers

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Engineering for engineers. Eric Sigler, Engineering Manager - Developer Tools, PagerDuty @esigler

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@esigler I was honestly surprised this was only half a million results.

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@esigler Manu Cornet / manucornet.net

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This can bite you. @esigler

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“We’ll put that on the backlog.” @esigler

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@esigler My parents told me there are three things I shouldn’t do in public. Math is one of them.

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Developer Tools Engineering Effectiveness Developer Productivity Engineering Infrastructure Developer Efficiency Developer Happiness @esigler

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Have engineers tell the story of where they want to be, figure out the pitfalls along the way, then help them get there. @esigler

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@esigler Solve a problem, make it easy, repeat.

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@esigler

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@esigler Build empathy early, you’ll need it.

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Don't be the fire department. @esigler

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Don't be the arsonists. @esigler

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Don't sell out your customers. @esigler

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Story time! @esigler

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“We’re shipping in 4 weeks.” @esigler

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@esigler

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“It’s like living in the future.” @esigler

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Invest in developer productivity by dedicating engineers to it. No seriously go read: gigamonkeys.com/flowers @esigler

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Thank you! @esigler / [email protected]