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It's About the Humans, Stupid (Lightning)

It's About the Humans, Stupid (Lightning)

In the development world most people are striving for technical excellence: better code, faster run times, more convenient interfaces, better databases, faster deployments… But is that really what makes us better at developing software?

In the end software development is done by groups of people creating products together. To do that communication and collaboration between humans is essential - you can be the best programmer ever, if you can’t efficiently work with others what good does it do you?

This talk will give you a primer and food for further thought.

Tobias Pfeiffer

June 23, 2017
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  1. “Hard” Skills

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  2. “Soft” Skills

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  3. What’s more important?

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  4. “Hard” programmers

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  5. Poison for the team

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  6. Achieve as a team

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  7. It’s About the Humans, Stupid
    Tobias Pfeiffer
    @PragTob
    pragtob.info

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  8. Everything I want everyone who
    works in groups to know
    (that fits into 5-10 minutes)
    Tobias Pfeiffer
    @PragTob
    pragtob.info

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  9. Empathy

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  10. Motivation

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  11. Daniel Pink: Drive

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  12. Autonomy

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  13. Mastery

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  14. Purpose

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  15. Code Review Culture

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  16. Always the code, never the person

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  17. Always the code, never the person
    Say something positive

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  18. Always the code, never the person
    Say something positive
    Everyone reviews

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  19. Always the code, never the person
    Say something positive
    Everyone reviews
    Pairing Review

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  20. Admit you don’t know

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  21. Admit you don’t know
    Ask!

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  22. Every “No” is a “Yes” to yourself

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  23. Leadership at every level

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  24. Lead by example

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  25. Enjoy working with humans!
    Tobias Pfeiffer
    @PragTob
    pragtob.info

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