One way to do it

Who are you?

• Driven
• Self-aware
• Capable
• Valuable

Who am I?

• Teacher
• Tester
• Software Engineer
• Student

• Nintendo
• Baskets
• Whiskey

Dan Lindeman

Not kidding about baskets

The Job

• All Days
  • Stand
  • Clear blockers
  • Develop
  • Teach
  • Learn
• Some Days
  • Present to clients
  • Experiments
  • Internal projects

Also the Job

• Write documents
• Plan sprints
• Write blogs
• Write Talks
• Speak

Axioms

• "If you're the smartest person in a room you should be teaching or you should leave that room."
• "Software obeys a makers schedule."
• "Most of my success has been saying or doing something someone smarter than me was, but louder."

Do

• Think
  • Reflect
• Write
  • Read
• Try
  • Fail

Don't

• Ruminate
  • Blame
• Internalize
  • Ego-ize
• Rest on your laurels
  • Be scared

What questions do you have?