One Morning You Wake Up And Find Yourself (Sort Of) in Charge

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1. WHILE WE’RE WAITING HERE MAYBE CHECK OUT
   typekit.com
   The world’s best fonts, on your web site and desktop
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2. David Demaree
   One morning, you wake up
   and find yourself (sort of ) in charge
   Leadership patterns for the maturing software developer
   WindyCityRails ✶ 13 September 2013
   Get the slides at go.dem.mx/wcr2013/slides
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3. Photo: Ryan Carver
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4. David Demaree
   Product manager for Adobe Typekit
   Rails developer since like forever
   Frequent speaker, pending author
   Not afraid to put his face on a 40’ screen
   @ddemaree
   Photo: Ryan Carver
   typekit.com
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5. go.dem.mx/pnut
   Yo dawg I heard you like short URLs in your talks so I made
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6. Today I’d like to talk to you about
   the hardest technology of all:
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7. Today I’d like to talk to you about
   the hardest technology of all:
   Other people.
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8. Friday, September 13, 13
   

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9. You are getting older
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10. You are getting older
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11. You are getting older
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12. You are getting older
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13. 18 Dead
    40
    30
    COHORT SOURCE AGE
    Entire U.S. workforce U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 42
    All programmers U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 38
    StackOverflow users Self-reported 30
    Google employees Google / New York Times 29
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14. 18 Dead
    40
    30
    COHORT SOURCE AGE
    Entire U.S. workforce U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 42
    All programmers U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 38
    StackOverflow users Self-reported 30
    Google employees Google / New York Times 29
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15. 18 Dead
    40
    30
    COHORT SOURCE AGE
    Entire U.S. workforce U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 42
    All programmers U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 38
    StackOverflow users Self-reported 30
    Google employees Google / New York Times 29
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16. 18 Dead
    40
    30
    COHORT SOURCE AGE
    Entire U.S. workforce U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 42
    All programmers U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 38
    StackOverflow users Self-reported 30
    Google employees Google / New York Times 29
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17. 18 Dead
    40
    30
    COHORT SOURCE AGE
    Entire U.S. workforce U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 42
    All programmers U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 38
    StackOverflow users Self-reported 30
    Google employees Google / New York Times 29
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18. 18 Dead
    40
    30
    COHORT SOURCE AGE
    Entire U.S. workforce U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 42
    All programmers U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 38
    StackOverflow users Self-reported 30
    Google employees Google / New York Times 29
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19. Programming 40
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20. Programming
    Dead
    40
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21. Programming
    Dead
    40
    Not (just)
    programming
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22. Programming
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23. Programming
    Mastery
    Mentorship
    Management
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24. “in charge”
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25. in control
    “in charge”
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26. in control responsible
    “in charge”
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27. in charge
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28. in charge
    sort of
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29. in charge
    sort of
    Power &
    control
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30. in charge
    sort of
    Power &
    control
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31. in charge
    sort of
    Power &
    control Saying things
    worth following
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32. in charge
    sort of
    Power &
    control Saying things
    worth following
    Being a force
    multiplier
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33. in charge
    sort of
    Power &
    control Saying things
    worth following
    Being a force
    multiplier
    Helping good
    collaboration
    happen
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34. in charge
    sort of
    Power &
    control Saying things
    worth following
    Being a force
    multiplier
    Helping good
    collaboration
    happen
    Getting things done
    you can’t get done alone
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35. From writing code to
    helping others write code
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36. Communication patterns
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37. Friday, September 13, 13
    

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38. MY FIRST JOB:
    Phone support for
    a big dial-up ISP
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39. COMMUNICATION PATTERNS
    Have some empathy
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40. COMMUNICATION PATTERNS
    Have some empathy
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41. COMMUNICATION PATTERNS
    Have some empathy
    (or fake it by asking questions)
    “I don’t give
    a f#$k!”
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42. COMMUNICATION PATTERNS
    Apply metaphors liberally.
    “I don’t give
    a f#$k!”
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43. COMMUNICATION PATTERNS
    Apply metaphors liberally.
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44. COMMUNICATION PATTERNS
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45. COMMUNICATION PATTERNS
    KISS
    It’s not just for talking
    to computers
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46. COMMUNICATION PATTERNS
    Don’t waste time
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47. Helping others write code
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48. HELPING OTHERS WRITE CODE
    Improve your support stack
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49. HELPING OTHERS WRITE CODE
    Improve your support stack
    Testing tools & practices
    Development environment & tools
    Developer interfaces to your app
    Deployment process
    Docs & style guide
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50. HELPING OTHERS WRITE CODE
    Give great code review
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51. HELPING OTHERS WRITE CODE
    Use pull requests
    Join the right conversations
    Uphold standards (constructively)
    Nitpick (appropriately)
    Above all, be helpful
    Give great code review
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52. HELPING OTHERS WRITE CODE
    Beware process overhead
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53. HELPING OTHERS WRITE CODE
    Beware process overhead
    Collective process ownership
    Lots of guidelines, few rules
    Garbage collection, not enforcement
    Have tools follow process
    Meetings are tools
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54. HELPING OTHERS WRITE CODE
    Remember it’s not about you
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55. HELPING OTHERS WRITE CODE
    Remember it’s not about you
    Separate taste from judgment
    Watch out for biases
    “Feeling” productive can be bulls#!t
    When in doubt, talk about it
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56. Investment strategies for
    your political capital
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57. INVESTMENT STRATEGY
    Get in on grown-up meetings
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58. INVESTMENT STRATEGY
    Ask questions
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59. INVESTMENT STRATEGY
    Learn to take the long view.
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60. INVESTMENT STRATEGY
    Learn to sell your ideas.
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61. INVESTMENT STRATEGY
    Learn to think bigger
    (realistically)
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62. INVESTMENT STRATEGY
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63. INVESTMENT STRATEGY
    When the time comes,
    ask for the job you’re
    (probably) already doing
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64. A leader’s first responsibility is
    to make sure your team has
    whatever it needs to be
    AWESOME
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65. @ddemaree
    ✉ [email protected]
    typekit.com
    Thanks!
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66. One more thing
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67. Friday, September 13, 13
    

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68. Wear sunscreen.
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69. Wear sunscreen.
    Have fun!
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70. Doing work you hate
    hurts you
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71. Doing work you hate
    hurts your team
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72. Get to know yourself
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73. Something
    you love
    Something
    you are good at
    Something
    the world needs
    Thanks to Jeff Veen for the original version of this and the next few slides
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74. Something
    you love
    Something
    you are good at
    Something
    the world needs
    Thanks to Jeff Veen for the original version of this and the next few slides
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75. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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76. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
    go.dem.mx/wcr2013/flowbook
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