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.

Transcript

1. “Hard” Skills
2. “Soft” Skills
3. What’s more important?
4. “Hard” programmers
5. Poison for the team
6. Achieve as a team
7. It’s About the Humans, Stupid Tobias Pfeiffer @PragTob pragtob.info
8. Everything I want everyone who works in groups to know (that fits into 5-10 minutes) Tobias Pfeiffer @PragTob pragtob.info
9. Empathy
10. Motivation
11. Daniel Pink: Drive
12. Autonomy
13. Mastery
14. Purpose
15. Code Review Culture
16. Always the code, never the person
17. Always the code, never the person Say something positive
18. Always the code, never the person Say something positive Everyone reviews
19. Always the code, never the person Say something positive Everyone reviews Pairing Review
20. Admit you don’t know
21. Admit you don’t know Ask!
22. Every “No” is a “Yes” to yourself
23. Leadership at every level
24. Lead by example
25. Enjoy working with humans! Tobias Pfeiffer @PragTob pragtob.info