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Robots, Beer and Maslow

Scott Chacon
October 13, 2011

Robots, Beer and Maslow

Running a team of developers and designers the GitHub way

Scott Chacon

October 13, 2011
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  1. ROBOTS, BEER &
    MASLOW
    handy tools for optimizing your team


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  2. who the hell
    is this guy?
    i swear i’ll go super fast...

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  3. scott chacon

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  4. github
    SOCIAL CODING
    CIO

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  5. @chacon

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  6. github : first class
    october 2008

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  7. 45
    souls

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  8. Running a team of developers and
    designers isn’t easy. Learn how to
    use several key apps and principles
    to make your team operate like a
    well-oiled, happy machine.

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  9. Running a team of developers and
    designers isn’t easy. Learn how to
    use several key apps and principles
    to make your team operate like a
    well-oiled, happy machine.

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  10. apps

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  11. apps
    a case study

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  12. github
    the magical
    tale of
    how we use what to make yay!

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  13. campfire
    asynchronous chat

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  14. campfire
    campfirenow.com

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  15. propaneapp.com
    campfire

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  16. git.io/propane-hack
    campfire
    caveatPatchor.js

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  17. campfire git.io/propane-hack

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  18. campfire git.io/propane-hack

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  19. campfire
    avatars
    git.io/propane-hack

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  20. campfire
    highlighting
    git.io/propane-hack

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  21. campfire:hubot
    the friendly neighborhood campfire robot

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  22. campfire:hubot
    the friendly neighborhood campfire robot

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  23. deploy github
    tell us what is not deployed
    run tests
    play music in the office
    report who is in the office
    dynamically build usage graphs
    send and receive text messages
    mustachify all posted images
    track who swears the most each day
    rank by twitter followers
    campfire:hubot
    the friendly neighborhood campfire robot

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  24. campfire:hubot
    the friendly neighborhood campfire robot

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  25. campfire:hubot
    the friendly neighborhood campfire robot

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  26. campfire:hubot
    the friendly neighborhood campfire robot

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  27. campfire:hubot
    the friendly neighborhood campfire robot
    project status

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  28. campfire:hubot
    the friendly neighborhood campfire robot
    mustaching images

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  29. campfire:hubot
    the friendly neighborhood campfire robot
    hubot beer me

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  30. jenkins ci
    automated builds

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  31. jenkins
    jenkins-ci.org

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  32. jenkins

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  33. jenkins

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  34. github
    social coding

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  35. workflow

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  36. zomg we can do
    any and every
    possible workflow
    with git!

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  37. nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model

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  38. simplify

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  39. master
    feature-branch
    pull request

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  40. master is deployable
    create topic branches from master
    open a pull request
    merge it into master
    deploy it

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  41. master is deployable
    create topic branches from master
    open a pull request
    merge it into master
    deploy it

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  52. oauth & apis
    making hacking fast and easy

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  53. simplify

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  54. github
    as identity

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  55. github
    as oauth2 provider

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  56. github
    as oauth2 provider
    github.com/schacon/ghapp.sinatra.min

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  57. github
    +

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  58. github
    :
    apps

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  63. github
    :
    apps
    and about 20 more

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  64. github
    :
    apps
    and about 20 more
    because it takes about
    5 minutes to start one

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  65. github
    the magical
    tale of
    how we use what to make yay!
    so that’s

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  66. campfire
    jenkins
    github
    heroku

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  67. cool story bro...

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  68. Running a team of developers and
    designers isn’t easy. Learn how to
    use several key apps and principles
    to make your team operate like a
    well-oiled, happy machine.

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  69. principles

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  70. why are you
    here?

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  71. innovation
    speed
    agility
    creativity
    collaboration
    communication

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  72. Running a team of developers and
    designers isn’t easy. Learn how to
    use several key apps and principles
    to make your team operate like a
    well-oiled, happy machine.

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  73. Running a team of developers and
    designers isn’t easy. Learn how to
    use several key apps and principles
    to make your team operate like a
    well-oiled, happy machine.


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  74. innovation
    speed
    agility
    creativity
    collaboration
    communication

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  75. cultivate a
    creative environment

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  76. 8-5, M-F work day
    cubicles
    hierarchy
    interruptions
    compartmentalization
    10 days vacation

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  77. high school,
    not college?

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  78. github
    yet another
    magical tale
    of
    once more, with feelings...

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  79. no office hours
    no meetings
    no vacations
    no assignments
    no bosses

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  80. MVP

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  81. M
    V
    P
    inimum
    iable
    roduct

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  82. M
    V
    P
    inimum
    iable
    rocess

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  83. what do we have?

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  84. great pay
    great health care
    free gym membership
    whatever hardware you want
    kindle + amazon money
    iphone + plan

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  85. unlimited conferences

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  86. drinkups

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  87. drinkups
    Argentina
    Australia
    Belgium
    Brazil
    Canada
    Chile
    China
    Colombia
    Czech
    Republic
    Denmark
    England
    Finland
    France
    Germany
    Greece
    Ireland
    Israel
    Italy
    Japan
    New Zealand
    Norway
    Poland
    Russia
    Scotland
    Spain
    Sweden
    Switzerland
    Taiwan
    Uruguay

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  89. classes (spanish, arduino)

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  90. free beer

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  91. executive lounge

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  92. Running a team of developers and
    designers isn’t easy. Learn how to
    use several key apps and principles
    to make your team operate like a
    well-oiled, happy machine.

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  93. principles
    apps

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  94. principles
    apps

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  95. principles
    apps

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  96. principles
    apps
    culture

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  97. hey hippie,
    don’t your employees just
    sit around smoking pot and
    giggling all day, then?

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  98. last year
    400 pull requests (~1 per day)
    last month
    80 pull requests (~3 per day)

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  99. deploys per month

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  100. 1740 total deploys
    9 deploys per
    work day

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  101. 3h / 6500h

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  102. user growth

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  103. we’re getting
    stuff done

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  104. the success of our apps
    is due to our culture

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  109. the success of our apps
    is due to our culture

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  110. cool anecdote bro...

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  111. precedent

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  112. University of Manchester
    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov

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  113. University of Manchester
    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
    10%

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  114. University of Manchester
    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
    10%

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  115. University of Manchester
    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
    10%

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  116. University of Manchester
    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
    10%

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  117. University of Manchester
    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
    10%

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  118. twitter week

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  119. atlassian 20%

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  120. google 20%

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  121. github 100%

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  123. intrinsic / extrinsic
    motivation

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  124. autonomy
    mastery
    purpose

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  125. Theory X
    Theory Y

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  126. are trustworthy?
    seek responsibility and accountability?
    seek meaning in their work?
    naturally want to learn?
    don’t resist change but they resist being changed?
    prefer work to being idle?
    Do you believe that developers:

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  127. are trustworthy?
    seek responsibility and accountability?
    seek meaning in their work?
    naturally want to learn?
    don’t resist change but they resist being changed?
    prefer work to being idle?
    Do you believe that developers:

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  130. autonomy
    mastery
    purpose

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  131. autonomy
    mastery
    purpose

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  132. autonomy
    team culture
    pay well

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  133. autonomy
    mastery
    purpose

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  134. Running a team of developers and
    designers isn’t easy. Learn how to
    use several key apps and principles
    to make your team operate like a
    well-oiled, happy machine.

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  135. Running a team of developers and
    designers isn’t easy. Learn how to
    use several key apps and principles
    to make your team operate like a
    well-oiled, happy machine.
    cultivate a culture
    enable
    kick ass, self-fulfilled
    to
    of creative,
    productive
    awesomeness
    ^
    ^

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  136. future of
    web apps

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  137. future of
    web apps
    development

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  138. innovation
    speed
    agility
    creativity
    collaboration
    communication

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  139. work
    something you have to do

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  140. work
    the tool that helps you
    achieve your full potential
    something you have to do

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  141. no office hours
    no meetings
    no vacations
    no assignments
    no bosses

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  142. ?

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  143. thanks

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  144. scott chacon
    @chacon

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