Meditations on Software

Closing keynote for RailsConf 2022.

Transcript

1. Meditations on Software @vaidehijoshi
2. Hi
4. Photo by Cristofer Maximilian on Unsplash
12. 🤩
15. 🤭
17. 🤩
18. 😰
19. 😎
20. Joy
21. Photo by Mel Poole on Unsplash
22. Photo by Mel Poole on Unsplash
23. Sociotechnical
24. Sociotechnical
25. So much to do
26. Try and fix it all
27. Way too much!!
28. I missed the signs
29. Unsustainable
30. Unsustainable
31. 📚
32. 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚
33. 🙁
34. ☹
35. 😣
36. I missed ignored the signs
37. 😔
38. I can do this!
39. I need to get through this…
40. I hate this.
41. The worst version of myself
42. I missed ignored listened to the signs
43. There was no coming back
44. Burnout
45. Chronic, work- related stress
46. The joy was gone
47. Could I even get it back?
50. Meditative
51. Meditative
53. 👀
54. 👀
55. You don’t know anything about programming. 👀
56. Someone’s going to find out!! 👀
57. Can confirm, I am indeed in a box. 👀
58. MUAHAHAHAHA HAAHHAHAA!! 👀
59. Oh hello. 👀
60. Oh hello. 👀 This is a big room.
61. 👀 Oh hello. This is a big room.
63. Imposter syndrome
64. Imposter syndrome
65. What made me feel I had to do all of that?
66. 👀
67. 👀
68. Prove myself
69. Prove that I belonged
70. 🤔
71. Insecurities
72. You have to work REALLY hard to prove that you deserve this job!! 👀
73. Tools to untangle this
74. Cautious
75. Cautious
76. 🤩
77. Coming out of burnout
78. ✋
79. Burnout
80. Lose meaning
81. Some truths
82. Photo by Roberto Sorin on Unsplash
83. Photo by Kimon Maritz on Unsplash
84. Ephemeral
85. Our code might not even ship
86. Die before getting to production
87. Out of our control
88. Refactoring
90. The building itself
91. Do The Work
93. Sprint
94. Sprinting
95. Dysfunctional workplaces
96. Unclear job expectations
97. A lack of social support
98. Purpose and value
99. 🤩
100. Joy
101. Curiosity
103. Our curiosity gives our work meaning
104. Our curiosity keeps us going
105. Our curiosity will change
106. Our curiosity keeps us afloat
107. Protect our curiosity
108. Pay attention to your body and mind
109. Remember your agency
110. Hotfix for burnout
111. Don’t skip the post-mortem
112. Introspection is our root cause analysis
113. Decouple yourself from the work
114. Work is just one part of life
115. Careers are bigger than jobs
118. Photo by Nico on Unsplash
119. Photo by Nico on Unsplash
124. Thank you! 👀 @vaidehijoshi