The Product is the Byproduct

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1. BYPRODUCT THE PRODUCT is the

2. YOU CAN CREATE A GREAT PRODUCT

3. BUT IT’S BETTER TO GROW ONE

4. YO STOP TALKING LIKE A PRETENTIOUS STEVE JOBS YO STOP

   TALKING LIKE A PRETENTIOUS STEVE JOBS

5. HERE’S WHAT I MEAN

6. WORRY MORE ABOUT BUILDING THE DAMN THING WORRY LESS ABOUT

   THE DAMN THING

7. YOUR PRODUCT SHOULD BE A BYPRODUCT

8. YOUR PRODUCT SHOULD BE A BYPRODUCT OF THE PEOPLE PROCESS

   & TECHNOLOGY OF YOUR COMPANY

9. FOSTER A GOOD ENVIRONMENT, BE MORE LIKELY TO CREATE A

   GOOD PRODUCT

10. @HOLMAN

11. GITHUB, INC. HOW WE WORK · HOW OPEN SOURCE WORKS

12. TEAM

13. “PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT” EVERY CHUMP SAYS

14. SO I BETTER, TOO

15. PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT

16. BUILD YOUR TEAM

17. Kyle Neath @kneath There are thousands of developers who are

    extremely smart and talented. All of whom I would never, ever hire here. “

18. HIRE THOSE BOTHERED BY SUCK

19. YOU WANT FIXERS

20. Any time you interview a potential hire, you need to

    ask yourself not only if they’re talented or collaborative but also if they’re capable of literally running this company, because they will be. “

21. HIRE BROAD PEOPLE

22. HIRE DIVERSE PEOPLE

23. [...] concluded that the groups exposed to minority views were

    more creative than the more homogeneous, majority groups. “ Managing Cultural Diversity: Implications for Organizational Competitiveness Cox and Blake, 1991

24. The overall median proportion of female executives in successful companies

    is 7.1%, compared to 3.1% at unsuccessful companies. “ Women at the Wheel: Do Female Executives Drive Start-Up Success? VentureSource, 2012

25. THIS IMPACTS YOUR BOTTOM LINE

26. FRIENDLY TO EVERYONE BUILD A COMPANY

27. TONE

28. Evidence That Gendered Wording in Job Advertisements Exists and Sustains

    Gender Inequality Gaucher, Friesen, and Kay, 2011 increases in masculine wording were sufficient to decrease women’s job appeal ratings and their anticipated belongingness in specific occupations. “

29. “BADASS” “KILLER” “ROCKSTAR” “DOMINANT”

30. “HAPPINESS” “HONEST” “TOGETHER” “FLEXIBLE”

31. IT WORKS FOR MEN, TOO PROTIP™

32. CONSIDER YOUR APPROACH TL;DR

33. I HATE BROGRAMMERS ALSO

34. CULTURE

35. I JUST CRUSHED An 18 HOUR CODE MARATHON I JUST

    CRUSHED An 18 HOUR CODE MARATHON

36. NO

37. GOOD CULTURE ATTRACTS GOOD PEOPLE

38. PEOPLE HAVE AND STUFF KIDS

39. BE FAMILY-FRIENDLY

40. FLEXIBLE HOURS LOCATION WORKLOAD

41. 66% REMOTE HOURS LOCATION WORKLOAD

42. ANY HOURS LOCATION WORKLOAD

43. SANE HOURS LOCATION WORKLOAD

44. YOU LIMIT YOURSELF WITH GEOGRAPHY · SET WORK HOURS ·

    WORKLOADS

45. OS X on intel

46. a self-demoted engineer wanted his son Max to be able

    to live closer to Max's grandparents “ ” qr.ae/8VQDU

47. APPLE WAS FLEXIBLE

48. DESIRE

49. MARKETING IS NOT A BAD WORD

50. WE HATE THE DISINGENUOUS

51. distributed social CAT NETWORK distributed social CAT NETWORK

52. DO YOU EVEN HAVE A CAT?

53. DON’T WE WANT TO CENTRALIZE CATS?

54. WOULD YOU EVEN USE THIS YOURSELF?

55. BE GENUINE

56. None

57. BE VOCAL

58. BLOG SMALL IMPROVEMENTS

59. LEVERAGE REGULAR PRESS

60. JAN 9, 2007 KEYNOTE FIRST TV AD FEB 26 JUNE

    3 TV ADS JUNE 6 TV AD JUNE 11 WWDC: IPHONE SDK JUNE 18 IMPROVED BATTERY ANNOUNCED JUNE 18 GLASS SCREEN ANNOUNCED JUNE 20 YOUTUBE APP ANNOUNCED JUNE 21 TV AD JUNE 22 GUIDED TOUR JUNE 26 PRESS REVIEWS PUBLISHED JUNE 26 AT&T PLANS ANNOUNCED JUNE 29 LAUNCH

61. REACTION

62. PEOPLE ON THE ARE DICKS INTERNET

63. None
64. None

65. HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU CARE?

66. ZERO

67. ZERO BUT THAT’S HARD :(

68. CARE THEORY

69. CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ?

70. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO FEEDBACK?

71. FANS T H R E E G R O U

    P S SKEPTICS HATERS

72. FANS T H R E E G R O U

    P S SKEPTICS HATERS PERCENTAGES ARE RELATIVE

73. FANS T H R E E G R O U

    P S SKEPTICS HATERS PERCENTAGES ARE RELATIVE

74. FANS T H R E E G R O U

    P S S K E P T I C S H A T E R S PERCENTAGES ARE RELATIVE

75. HATERS T H R E E G R O U

    P S PERCENTAGES ARE RELATIVE

76. FANS SKEPTICS HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? USERS

77. FANS SKEPTICS HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? COULD BE USERS

78. FANS SKEPTICS HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? NOT USERS

79. FANS SKEPTICS HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? YES MAYBE MAYBE

80. CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? SKEPTICS

81. I’LL USE IT IF YOU ADD CATS I’LL USE IT

    IF YOU ADD CATS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? SKEPTICS

82. I’LL USE IT IF YOU ADD CATS AND AJAX I’LL

    USE IT IF YOU ADD CATS AND AJAX CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? SKEPTICS

83. SKEPTICS I’LL USE IT IF YOU ADD CATS AND AJAX

    OVER WEBSOCKETS I’LL USE IT IF YOU ADD CATS AND AJAX OVER WEBSOCKETS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ?

84. SKEPTICS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? BE WARY OF “IF”

85. FANS CLUELESS HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? YES MAYBE MAYBE

86. HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? ASSHOLES MAY COME AROUND WHEN

    YOU SUCCEED UNREACHABLE

87. HATERS CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? ASSHOLES MAY COME AROUND WHEN

    YOU SUCCEED UNREACHABLE

88. CARE THEORY SHOULD-I- ? NOT ALL FEEDBACK IS EQUAL

89. (try) NOT TO WORRY ABOUT REACTION

90. was ever NOT SHIPPED NOTHING GREAT

91. BUILDING PRODUCT IS HARD

92. BUILD IT INDIRECTLY, THROUGH YOUR ENVIRONMENT

93. PEOPLE, CULTURE, BUILDING DESIRE, MANAGING REACTION

94. THANKS

95. @HOLMAN ZACHHOLMAN.COM/TALKS