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Making a distributed working environment work well



Making a distributed working environment work well



We’re experiencing new innovation and disruption messaging constantly, and because of that, finding a job in tech has really been the employee’s market for the last several years. The internet is distributed, the technology we work on allows people to connect from across the globe. We understand the technology, but what about the people side of this? How do you build and lead a distributed team?

This discussion will cover how the fallacies of distributed computing are just as real when applied to people as they are with computers. Did a message get there? Was it garbled in transit? Is state properly synchronized? The network truly isn’t homogenous as different people have different work styles that need to be accommodated.

I’ll walk through communication expectations, performance management, interviewing, onboarding, career growth, communications, and how the things we take for granted like grabbing a cup of coffee in the morning are a whole new challenge. This talk is geared toward those who are on or want to build out distributed teams -- whether it’s due to costs in certain locations or just to cast the widest net on the talent pool.

Michael Stahnke

November 12, 2019
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  1. Fallacies of distributed computing The network is reliable Latency is

    zero Bandwidth is infinite The network is secure Topology doesn’t change There is one administrator Transport cost is zero The network is homogeneous
  2. What do you do for work? Programming What do you

    do for fun?
 Programming What do you do when you’re not programming? Think about Programming @stahnma
  3. Fallacies of distributed human communication The network is reliable Latency

    is zero Bandwidth is infinite The network is secure Topology doesn’t change There is one administrator Transport cost is zero The network is homogeneous Communication is reliable Everybody is in the same timezone AV is a solved problem The network is secure Incentives for a human don’t vary Tribal knowledge works There is a travel budget Humans have the same work style @stahnma