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Things You Should Have
                   Learned In School
                          Amye Scavarda
                         amye@acquia.com
                            @msamye


Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Computer Science in the Real
                              World


                         Silicon Valley
                         Startup land
                         Established company land
                         Open Source




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
How I Got Here




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Where I Am Now




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Things You Should Know:

                         Tools
                         Structure
                         Research
                         Integrity
                         Play
                         Self-Direction


Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Tools



                         Working As Part of A Team
                         Ask for what you need
                         Communicating differently in different places




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Tools: Working As A Team




                                                    legofenris



Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Ask for What You Need




                                                 JD Hancock




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Communication in Different Places




                                               prosto




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Structure



                         Being in charge of your own productivity
                         Refining on a regular basis
                         Thinking in Quarters




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Being in Charge of Your Own Productivity




                                                          hawkexpress




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Refining




                                   adforce1




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Thinking In Quarters




                                                andrew_bolin




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Research



                         Conferences, gatherings and other nice things
                         Learning to learn again
                         Unlearning




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Unlearning




                                      Tiny Speck




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Integrity



                         Making promises you can keep
                         Keeping those promises
                         Allowing for failure




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Play



                         Finding the space to really enjoy your work
                         Playing well with others
                         Popularly called ‘work life balance’




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Self Direction



                         No one else is in charge of you
                         You will never be stuck in a situation
                         There is no syllabus




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
In conclusion --




Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Questions?




Tuesday, July 17, 2012

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Things You Should Have Learned In School

  • 1. Things You Should Have Learned In School Amye Scavarda amye@acquia.com @msamye Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 2. Computer Science in the Real World Silicon Valley Startup land Established company land Open Source Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 3. How I Got Here Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 4. Where I Am Now Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 5. Things You Should Know: Tools Structure Research Integrity Play Self-Direction Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 6. Tools Working As Part of A Team Ask for what you need Communicating differently in different places Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 7. Tools: Working As A Team legofenris Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 8. Ask for What You Need JD Hancock Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 9. Communication in Different Places prosto Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 10. Structure Being in charge of your own productivity Refining on a regular basis Thinking in Quarters Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 11. Being in Charge of Your Own Productivity hawkexpress Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 12. Refining adforce1 Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 13. Thinking In Quarters andrew_bolin Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 14. Research Conferences, gatherings and other nice things Learning to learn again Unlearning Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 15. Unlearning Tiny Speck Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 16. Integrity Making promises you can keep Keeping those promises Allowing for failure Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 17. Play Finding the space to really enjoy your work Playing well with others Popularly called ‘work life balance’ Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 18. Self Direction No one else is in charge of you You will never be stuck in a situation There is no syllabus Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • 19. In conclusion -- Tuesday, July 17, 2012