Multiskilled mobile dev teams: unlock your hidden powers 🌩

My talk at #UMT2016

video (ru):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aNeHW2VQD0

Everyone is talking about developers' specialization. 'Know you niche'. We have separate conferences for every dev area now: mobile, cloud, big data, iOT. In order to build a modern multiplatform mobile app you need to work with separate iOS and Android dev teams, separate backend dev team, designers and managers. Doesn't look too much?
I'll talk about another way of organization: multiskilled dev team, experience and benefits.

Transcript

1. Multiskilled mobile dev teams: #umt2016 @vixentael unlock your hidden powers
2. #umt2016 @vixentael
3. #umt2016 @vixentael
4. #umt2016 @vixentael
5. A story about The One
6. Meet Fedya! #umt2016 @vixentael
7. Fedya-the- iOS-developer #umt2016 @vixentael
8. inside info bubble #umt2016 @vixentael
9. sometimes Fedya has questions and doesn’t know the answers #umt2016 @vixentael
10. he is looking for help #umt2016 @vixentael
11. he is looking for help #umt2016 @vixentael
12. Imagine whole team
13. iOS QA backend android The Team #umt2016 @vixentael
14. …inside bubbles #umt2016 @vixentael
15. if one has problem… #umt2016 @vixentael
16. …everyone suffers #umt2016 @vixentael
17. …everyone suffers #umt2016 @vixentael
18. re-opens task “not a bug” creates task delivers task ping-pong “server issue” #umt2016 @vixentael
19. superposition of narrow minded dupes #umt2016 @vixentael
20. Why being narrow minded is bad for you (and your colleagues too)
21. API API #umt2016 @vixentael Difficult to communicate with other species
22. API API #umt2016 @vixentael Difficult to communicate with other species Monotone ways of thinking
23. Difficult to communicate with other species Monotone ways of thinking Ecosystem restrictions are overwhelming API API #umt2016 @vixentael
24. Stack changing causes frustration #umt2016 @vixentael
25. #umt2016 @vixentael Mars, 2035
26. #umt2016 @vixentael Fedya-the-iOS- developer Mars, 2035
27. What should I do?
28. grow bees! #umt2016 @vixentael
29. no code, no problem #umt2016 @vixentael
30. if you don’t like bees, then..
31. train your brain! #umt2016 @vixentael
32. with whole team! #umt2016 @vixentael
33. Our story
34. #umt2016 @vixentael Skillz set: ✦ iOS iOS
35. #umt2016 @vixentael BaaS Skillz set: ✦ iOS ✦ “backend” iOS
36. #umt2016 @vixentael #umt2016 @vixentael Migration
37. ✦ iOS ✦ “backend” ✦ devops ✦ support cloud hosted Skillz set: https://stanfy.com/blog/how-to-change-cloud-code-to-be-compatible-with-parse-server/ https://stanfy.com/blog/how-we-migrated-to-parse-server-adventures-with-heroku-and-why-we-broke-up/
38. How to train your brain?
39. Limited* variety of approaches #umt2016 @vixentael * by your skill set
40. #umt2016 @vixentael Wide* variety of approaches * constantly expanding, together with your skill set
41. Learning how to learn a = Δv/t (acceleration of escaping from hell) #umt2016 @vixentael https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/home/info
42. #umt2016 @vixentael Knowledge Transformation Skills + Mental Models =
43. #umt2016 @vixentael “I” shape “T” shape “M” shape functional skill broad knowledge deep knowledge across domains
44. #umt2016 @vixentael We are stack X engineers, X is the best technology!
45. We solve problems with the most appropriate tools! #umt2016 @vixentael
46. Where are we heading?
47. #umt2016 @vixentael senior manager
48. #umt2016 @vixentael senior technologies superman manager
49. Good engineers are valuable, like… how valuable? #umt2016 @vixentael
50. #umt2016 @vixentael
51. #umt2016 @vixentael
52. What for?
53. Rain of $$$!
54. I USED TO COBOL IN THE 80S
55. Being a superman is cool #umt2016 @vixentael
56. What can stop us?
57. It may looks like there’s nothing beyond your ecosystem
60. Our ecosystem
61. Other ecosystems?
62. Not really Other ecosystems?
63. Ecosystem #umt2016 @vixentael CocoaPods carthage SPM
64. #umt2016 @vixentael Ecosystem CocoaPods carthage SPM gradle + maven
65. #umt2016 @vixentael Ecosystem CocoaPods carthage SPM npm gradle + maven
66. #umt2016 @vixentael Ecosystem CocoaPods carthage SPM npm pip gradle + maven
67. #umt2016 @vixentael THERE IS ECOSYSTEM IN EVERY TECHNOLOGY
68. One more story
69. frustration!
70. monitoring chart #umt2016 @vixentael
71. monitoring chart #umt2016 @vixentael
72. #umt2016 @vixentael crontab * */4 * * * docker exec parse_server bash -c 'node ./cloud/jobs/jobMarkVideosAsOld.js'
73. #umt2016 @vixentael crontab 0 */4 * * * docker exec parse_server bash -c 'node ./cloud/jobs/jobMarkVideosAsOld.js'
74. #umt2016 @vixentael result
75. Frustration is pain. Pain motivates.
76. Key points #umt2016 @vixentael ✦ there’s a world outside the bubble ✦ and it’s easy to reach ✦ I -> T -> M
77. Thank you for listening! @vixentael Software Engineer / iOS developer at stanfy.com
78. Fedya is waiting for your questions #umt2016 @vixentael