We are crowd, we are anonymous
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The document is a reflective talk about the challenges and frustrations faced by software developers in the tech industry, emphasizing the importance of pride in one's work and legacy. It critiques the pervasive mediocrity and inefficiencies in software development while encouraging individuals to embrace their experiences, curiosity, and the value of past generations. Ultimately, it calls for a shift in mindset towards ownership of one's code and a rejection of complacency.
We are crowd, we are anonymous
- 1. … A word of warning … It is not may intention to make you feel offended, this talk is my view of the world, my experience, my life, my twisted sense of humour Respect it!!!
- 2. We Are Crowd
- 4. Who am I? Journeyman through space, time and technology devoted follower in church of JVM Archaeologist of legacy code
- 5. ..But today... I am going to talk (or at least try) about feelings & emotions
- 6. ...PRIDE...
- 8. Software is eating the world By Marc Andreessen And Complexity is eating software For lunch
- 9. We Are GODS
- 10. If software is everywhere And Became a vital part of our lives Why there is so much frustration
- 12. codebases we work with, suck Architects are stupid (I want to become one) I hate trend setters at conferences technology X sucks big time, and Y is new cool My manager doesn't understand how to do software All these processes and deadlines are sick
- 13. Why?
- 15. Myth of 10x programmer „We don't trust you” Clean code is expensive Workforce shortage
- 17. Decision Fatigue Distractions, distractions 10-15 minutes Penalty Meetings, emails, Messengers Open space
- 19. What we deliver Is not What customers get We tend to forget about it We live in an illusion that code Is important
- 20. We are hidden behind: Organization layers (sales, support, product) Infrastructure Processes
- 21. How many times you have heard from your customer “I saw your recent change to registration form, from the first look I knew it was you who coded it” „I think this pagination on orders page was probably coded by Tomasz, it must have been him”
- 22. We Are Anonymous
- 24. stop complaining, criticizing and whining Be full of respect for the past generations, because the way you talk about old code today, will be the same way people will be talking about your code years from now
- 25. Be full of care about future generations, they will have to live with your legacy code Be full of childish curiosity, embrace failures, be open, experiment and share
- 26. Being proud of what you are doing is most rewarding thing in our life Be proud of who you are, don’t accept mediocrity but don’t punish people for it Don’t make people feel bad about it (I know it is hard, trust me)
- 27. if code is bad, change it, if your not happy with a conference talk, submit your own, if you think your manager is an a**hole, become one, for a moment,
- 28. Do anything, to be proud of who you are, pride of your work will come later, Really Once you gain, Experience, Confidence, Respect & trust
- 29. Let the eternal stream of byte code Flows through your body