The Plataformatec way: TEAMWORK edition

Presented at the NYC on Rails (April 11, 2013) at the Flatiron School.

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1. The Plataformatec way TEAMWORK edition.
2. Hi everyone!
3. My name is Lucas Mazza
4. I’m from São Paulo, Brazil
5. I work with Rails
6. with Front-end & Design
7. with Open Source on top of it.
9. tailored projects consulting work books presentations workshops open source projects
11. How?
12. as a team
13. I want to talk about Teamwork
14. and how our Team works
15. team |tēm| noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ]
16. The most important asset of a company
17. and they define what the companies looks like. Because this industry is made of people
18. Because this industry is made of people Developers, managers, designers and everyone else.
19. A team needs a set of values to drive its work Otherwise it would just be a bunch of developers working in the same room
21. the foundations of our company culture
22. Mastery Improve your skills and learn new stuff
23. open source projects events across the globe our Hacking Evening sessions nerdtalk everywhere
24. True grit Eat new challenges for breakfeast
25. Stuff we don’t know a thing about Stuff we use to build software
26. Functional programming Devops Front end development Learn something new share your findings HTTP APIs MongoDB schema design Mobile development
27. Quality is not a variable
28. Care about your work If you don’t care, why anyone else should?
29. “Give a crap. Don’t give a fuck.” Karen McGrane @ A List Apart http://alistapart.com/column/give-a-crap-dont-give-a-fuck
30. “...Care deeply about your personal values and live them fully in this world. Don’t get caught up in worrying about other people’s checklists to tell you what good work means to you.” Karen McGrane @ A List Apart http://alistapart.com/column/give-a-crap-dont-give-a-fuck
31. Evaluate Discuss Collaborate http://www.flickr.com/photos/compleo/4685977177/
32. meanwhile, in the development room...
33. Choose your tools
34. Propane caveatPatchor.js GitHub hooks everywhere and hack your workflow. rafaelfranca/janky boxen setup
35. Propane caveatPatchor.js GitHub hooks everywhere and hack your workflow. rafaelfranca/janky boxen setup (thanks to @rafaelfranca and @georgeguimaraes)
36. Pull request EVERYTHING!
37. Pull request EVERYTHING! (ok, not everything)
39. •Discuss new features and bugfixes
40. •Discuss new features and bugfixes •Collaborate with other teams
41. •Discuss new features and bugfixes •Collaborate with other teams •Broadcast decisions and findings
42. •Discuss new features and bugfixes •Collaborate with other teams •Broadcast decisions and findings •Learn new stuff everyday
43. Follow the latest releases of important gems keep your toolbox up to date Live on the edge let your test suite protect you from regressions broken? lets fix it
44. check what others are doing
45. but don’t take it for granted
46. There is an I in Team. Use your opinion and experience to make it better
47. lead by example
48. or follow them
49. Provide your best Demand their best
50. celebrate the little things
51. and have some fun.
52. and have some fun. Otherwise what’s the point of all of this?
53. Thanks!