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Lessons learned on creating great engineering cultures

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Transcript

  1. LESSONS LEARNED
 ON CREATING GREAT 
 ENGINEERING CULTURES BEN PHILLIPS


    @_BENJI
 CTO & CO-FOUNDER
 THREAD.COM T
  2. None

  3. A better framework for motivation than carrots and sticks. WHAT

    MAKES US TICK?

  4. Programming is creative.

  5. Creative people who are driven by intrinsic motivation have higher

    self-esteem, better professional and personal relationships, and improved happiness than those who are extrinsically motivated.

  6. Autonomy
 Mastery
 Purpose

  7. Autonomy
 Mastery
 Purpose

  8. Autonomy
 Mastery
 Purpose

  9. Something good Time A little bit of slope makes up

    for a lot of Y-Intercept

  10. Autonomy
 Mastery
 Purpose

  11. “The hardest thing is
 having to implement features that you

    don’t believe in.”

  12. QUESTIONS BEN PHILLIPS
 @_BENJI
 CTO & CO-FOUNDER
 THREAD.COM T