Office Politics for the Thin-Skinned Developer

Video of the presentation here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amFtMIRBtZs

This is a primer aimed at software developers about accomplishing both personal and organizational goals by engaging in office politics. Particularly, the talk relays four case studies emphasizing the importance of awareness, empathy, unity, and patience when navigating the murky waters of highly-charged political environments.

This talk was delivered at Kalamazoo X 2013 by Justin Searls from Test Double

Transcript

1. for the thin-skinned Office Politics e
2. Office Politics e for the humans
3. "Politics" A
4. "Politics" A
5. "Politics" A
6. "Politics" A
7. UNITED STATES OF WAT
12. 4 virtues 3
13. 4 stories X
14. 96 stick figures q
15. Awareness 9
19. local vs. global optima You can be TOO good Z
20. programmer 1 user
21. programmer 3 user product owner
22. programmer 4 user product owner programmer designer
23. programmer 5 user product owner programmer designer "the business" C
24. programmer 6 user product owner programmer designer "the business" C tester
25. development team 6 user product owner "the business" C tester
26. development team 6 product owner "the business" C tester release manager user
27. development team 6 user product owner "the business" C tester sales guy release manager
28. development team 6 user product owner "the business" C q.a. team sales guy release manager
29. development team 6 user product owner "the business" C q.a. team sales team release manager
30. development team #1 8 user product owner #1 "the business" C q.a. team release manager sales team
31. development team #1 9 user product owner #1 "the business" C q.a. team release manager sales team development team #2 product owner #2
32. development team #1 0 user product owner #1 "the business" C q.a. team release manager sales team development team #2 product owner #2
33. development team #1 0 user product owner #1 "the business" C q.a. team change management sales team development team #2 product owner #2
34. development team #1 0 user product owner #1 "the business" C q.a. team change management sales team development team #2 product owner #2 devops team
35. development team #1 0 user product owner #1 "the business" C q.a. team change management sales team development team #2 product owner #2 devops team dba
36. development team #1 0 user product owner #1 "the business" q.a. team change management sales team development team #2 product owner #2 devops team dba
37. development team #1 0 user product owner #1 "the business" q.a. team change management sales team development team #2 product owner #2 devops team dba AWESOME TEAM
38. development team #1 0 user product owner #1 "the business" q.a. team change management sales team development team #2 product owner #2 devops team dba AWESOME TEAM
39. development team #1 0 user product owner #1 "the business" q.a. team change management sales team development team #2 product owner #2 devops team dba AWESOME TEAM
40. development team #1 0 user product owner #1 "the business" q.a. team change management sales team development team #2 product owner #2 devops team dba AWESOME TEAM
41. development team #1 0 user product owner #1 q.a. team change management sales team development team #2 product owner #2 devops team dba "the business" AWESOME TEAM
42. development team #1 0 user product owner #1 q.a. team change management sales team development team #2 product owner #2 devops team dba
43. development team #1 0 user product owner #1 "the new business" q.a. team change management sales team development team #2 product owner #2 devops team dba C
44. Awareness 9
45. Empathy 5
61. programmer
62. programmer
63. programmer
64. Empathy 5
65. Unity M
71. A
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75. A A A A A
77. 1 A B C
78. 1 A B C 2
79. 1 A B C 2 3
80. 1 A B C 2 3 4
81. 5 A B C
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83. 5 A B C 6 7
84. 5 A 8 B C 6 7
86. AC
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90. AC AC AC AC 3
91. AC AC AC AC
92. Unity M
93. Patience z v
99. or nothing will ever change Allow others to fail x
101. analyst analyst analyst
102. product owner product owner product owner
103. team A team B team C product owner product owner product owner
104. team A team B team C product owner product owner product owner
105. team A team B team C product owner product owner product owner
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116. team A team B team C product owner product owner product owner
119. team A team B team C product owner product owner product owner
121. team A team B team C product owner product owner product owner
123. Patience z v
124. Patience z v Unity M Empathy 5 Awareness 9
125. Get Political z
126. My name is Justin Searls Please tweet me @searls & Say hello@testdouble.com
127. attribution Larry Hardiman came up with the quote about politics & ticks. Delivery Man designed by jon trillana from The Noun Project Desk designed by James Thoburn from The Noun Project Businessperson designed by Devochkina Oxana from The Noun Project Smart Phone designed by Stefan Bumbeck from The Noun Project Wireless from The Noun Project Gas Station Attendant designed by Simon Child from The Noun Project Sleep designed by DonBLC 123 from The Noun Project Thought Bubble designed by irene hoffman from The Noun Project Hat designed by Adhara Garcia from The Noun Project Devil designed by Luis Prado from The Noun Project Idea from The Noun Project Bird Cage designed by Matthias Schmidt und Jule Steffen from The Noun Project Bomb designed by Maximilian Becker from The Noun Project Question designed by Martin Delin from The Noun Project Warning designed by Lindley White from The Noun Project Bocce Ball designed by MaxineVSG from The Noun Project Throw designed by Jakob Vogel from The Noun Project Skull designed by Gabriele Fumero from The Noun Project