The Modern Software Engineer - Nuno Job
- 1. T H E M O D E R N S O F T WA R E E N G I N E E R
- 2. THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER $ WHOAMI
- 3. Did lots of open source work Some of the things I built are part of apache couchdb Have committed to node core Many of the people that built nodejs used to work for me 4 million downloads a month
- 5. Deploy node applications with one command 20 engineers 2 dedicated to working in node core 100k applications live 50k customers 1 million deploys a day
- 6. C U LT U R E ?
- 7. E M P O W E R P E O P L E T O B U I L D T H I N G S T O G E T H E R B A S E D O N S H A R E D U N D E R S TA N D I N G O F S H A R E D VA L U E S A N D M I S S I O N
- 8. How culture changed my career?
- 9. — J O H N M A C K E Y, C E O W H O L E F O O D S “every business has the potential for some other higher purpose besides just making money”
- 10. D O E S C U LT U R E W O R K ?
- 11. T H E Y E A R I S 1 9 9 9 • Healthcare company that provides dialysis service • Technically bankrupt • 500 “franchise" clinics • ~50k patients • Below average survival rates
- 12. 2000 2004 2008 2012 Treatment Centre’s 500 650 1500 2000 Revenue 1.5B 2.1B 5B 7.5B Survival Rate 81% 82% 83% 86% THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER NEW CEO FOCUS ON CULTURE
- 13. RITUALS IDIOMS BEHAVIORS VALUES THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER CULTURE INGREDIENTS Rituals: Awards Retrospectives Monday Plannings Offsites Idioms: No brag, just facts Get stuff done Fairness over time Values: Dignity Compassionate Healing Fun
- 15. Y E S .
- 16. D O E S C U LT U R E M AT T E R F O R T E C H C O M PA N I E S ?
- 17. Before After Approach Roll Own Frameworks Open Source Architecture Monolith / Mainframe Services / Containers Delivery Long Cycles Continuous Products Long Shelf Life Lean Focus Inwards Customer Team Large Teams Small Crossfunctional Talent Outsource Essential Risk Adverse Pro-Active THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER WHAT CULTURE SHIFT HAPPENED IN ENGINEERING
- 19. — B I L L S C O T T, V P V E N M O A N D PAY PA L W E B “Most organisations biggest challenge is moving from a culture of delivery to a culture of learning”
- 20. N E T F L I X T O PAY PA L L E A N B R A I N T O T H E A G I L E B O D Y B U I L D . M E A S U R E . L E A R N . E N G I N E E R I N G I N S Y N C W I T H A G I L E P R O C E S S B I L L S C O T T GOOB
- 22. DOCS GUIDELINES CLIENTS CUSTOMER CONTENT PRODUCTS SEARCH WEB PUBLIC API PRACTICES MOBILE MOBILE-WEB PAYMENT CALL CENTRESALESFORCE GITHUB NPM AWS SLACK JENKINS Talk about mobile apps, how innovating and chuking things out is important Talk about apis, slower, decoupled, allowing business innovation Enable usage across teams of better tools Services and accelerate non key parts
- 23. A M A Z O N A D O P T I O N C U R V E , N I H O P E N S O U R C E G I V I N G B A C K THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER SAAS AND FOSS ENABLE BUSINESSES
- 24. W H AT R O L E D O M O D E R N E N G I N E E R S P L AY ?
- 25. THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER YOUR ROLE
- 26. •Understands EventLoop •Understands Redux •Understands HTTP and HTTP2 •Can use streams (can anyone use streams?) •Can do CLI apps •Knows how to handle errors •Understands Security •Understands Performance work •Knows 12 factor app •Follows code style •Does good coverage •Can use git? •Has presence in Github? •Understands semver •Open source footprint: Documentation, Engagement, Talks, Coverage, CI, Nice on Issues •Debug memory issues •Debugging while coding •Uses Callbacks and Streams •Published to NPM? •Understands semver •Understands different framework choices THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND THE LIST GOES ON
- 27. THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER A COMPLEX DIARY OF TASKS
- 28. A N D W E N E E D T O O U T G R O W J U S T T H E P U R E T E C H N I C A L D O M O D E R N E N G I N E E R S P L AY ?
- 29. wake up early eat properly stay in shape be strong get a drink when we need stay clean meditate be curious get plenty of sleep THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER HOW TO BE A HAPPY CAT
- 30. A T R I B E O F M A N Y
- 32. “Ask for forgiveness not permission” “We begin again, we never give up” Persistance Strongly held principles Self started projects/companies Presence in the community Volunteers time to help beginners and/or charities Knows how to operate in the “real world” Speaks his mind Confident in his abilities and willing to tackle new challenges head on
- 33. P E R S I S TA N C E ! = S T U B B O R N E S S Not about your ideas Not about your ego Not at any cost
- 34. Strive to learn Shares Knowledge Thinks different Question everything Creativity Curious, Tinkerer, Self-taught Motivated by learning Can reason complex new tasks and adapt Prefers sound engineering to clever engineering Not dogmatic about technology, right tool for the job (esp. node) Questions everything, and takes a positive approach to fixing it Loves technology, but has hobbies and life.
- 35. C R E AT I V I T Y ! = W I N G I N G I T Not a reason to stop measuring Normal for impostor syndrome
- 37. Integrity Strong opinions. Weakly held. Humility My opinions matter as much as everyone else Treats everyone with the same high level of respect Belief that I am better if I make my team members succeed Loves teaching, not preaching Respectful of people’s knowledge Incentivizes natural leadership and participation Inclusive of all races/ethnicities/sex
- 38. I N T E G R I T Y ! = C O N F O R M I T Y Not about being liked Not about following blindly
- 39. creativity integrity persistence THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER HAPPY TEAMS The balance between these three things is essential for having a world class engineering team
- 40. Optimise to enable personal development in yourself and others you work with Be uncompromising about the goals you set and help others achieve it THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER BALANCE LEARNING & GSD Mention build measure learn
- 41. THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER KEY TAKE AWAYS Culture defines potential for a company. Embrace it. No man is an island. Outstanding things can only be created by amazing teams Change is hard but great things are achieved when people do their best work and persist
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