How to use ____ and not to kill each other

Topalov Alex 2016

Part 1. What this all is about?

Survival of the fittest

Or collaboration around same goal?

Part 2. Why should I care?

How deep is your stack?

How deep is your stack?

• Rails

How deep is your stack?

• Rails
• Ruby

How deep is your stack?

• Rails
• Ruby
• MySQL

How deep is your stack?

• Rails
• Ruby
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL

How deep is your stack?

• Rails
• Ruby
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Redis

How deep is your stack?

• Rails
• Ruby
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Memcache

How deep is your stack?

• Rails
• Ruby
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Memcache
• MongoDB

How deep is your stack?

• Rails
• Ruby
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Memcache
• MongoDB -> :(

How deep is your stack?

• Rails
• Ruby
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Memcache
• MongoDB -> :(
• Javascript

How deep is your stack?

• Rails
• Ruby
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Memcache
• MongoDB -> :(
• Javascript
• Jquery

How deep is your stack?

• Rails
• Ruby
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Memcache
• MongoDB -> :(
• Javascript
• Jquery
• . . .

How deep is your stack?

• Rails
• Ruby
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Memcache
• MongoDB -> :(
• Javascript
• Jquery
• Ember
• Angular
• React

• HTTP/HTTPS
• Ansible
• Chef
• Bash
• *nix
• macOs
• Network
• Elasticsearch/Sphinx
• OOP
• Functional Programming
• Bower

• NPM
• Puma/Passanger
• Apache/Nginix

We prefer to work with good people because skill is achievable but being a good person is a challange

Part 3. How it looks in a field

1. Type X

2. Type Y

3. Mythical Type Z. Leadership

Types of management:

Type X. Totalitarian

Pros:

• Only one source of problems -> you
• Being bottleneck. 
• You could blame team if something goes wrong. PROFIT!

Cons:

• What did you hire them for?
• If development is a form of art, how orders affect it?
• Where to expect new ideas?
• high stressful work environment
• Bottleneck syndrome

Type Y. Soft

Pros:

• Team members are very laid back and relaxed.

Cons:

• Expectations are rarely meet. 
• Top management complaints.
• Project owner keep adding features in current sprint.
• Process could went weird ways.
• Law of Triviality.

Type Z. Balanced.

Pros:

• Team is collaborating around same goal.
• Goals are easy to set and manage.

Cons:

• Organize seamless development process. 
• Collective/Collaborative responsibility.
• Team building, internal communication(Law of Triviality).

Part 4. Collaboration

How we could setup collaborative environment

• Code Review

• Code Review
• Open issue on a controversy decision

How we could setup collaborative environment

• Code Review.
• Open issue on a controversy decision.
• Don't afraid asking questions.

How we could setup collaborative environment

• Code Review.
• Open issue on a controversy decision.
• Don't afraid asking questions.
• Always understand and remind main goal 
• ​Have a reasonable pool of tasks that anyone could pick up according to their preference not someones order.

How we could setup collaborative environment

• Code Review.
• Open issue on a controversy decision.
• Don't afraid asking questions.
• Always understand and remind main goal 
• Have a reasonable pool of tasks that anyone could pick up according to their preference not someones order.
• If something against your principles inform team about that. Be flexible and understand your true motives

How we could setup collaborative environment

• Code Review.
• Open issue on a controversy decision.
• Don't afraid asking questions.
• Always understand and remind main goal 
• Have a reasonable pool of tasks that anyone could pick up according to their preference not someones order.
• If something against your principles inform team about that. Be flexible and understand your true motives.
• If you see something - say something.

How we could setup collaborative environment

Part 5. Resolving conflicts

How we should resolve conflicts

1. Remove own judgements:

• Deadlines

How we should resolve conflicts

1. Remove own judgements:

• Deadlines
• Other tasks in a sprint

How we should resolve conflicts

1. Remove own judgements:

• Deadlines
• Other tasks in a sprint
• Personal issues/mood

How we should resolve conflicts

1. Remove own judgements:

• Deadlines
• Other tasks in a sprint
• Personal issues/mood
• Partially old experience

How we should resolve conflicts

1. Remove own judgements:

• Deadlines
• Other tasks in a sprint
• Personal issues/mood
• Partially old experience
• Personal principles

How we should resolve conflicts

1. Remove own judgements:

• Deadlines
• Other tasks in a sprint
• Personal issues/mood
• Partially old experience
• Personal principles

2. Appreciate(not understand) what other people believe in.

How we should resolve conflicts

1. Remove own judgements:

• Deadlines
• Other tasks in a sprint
• Personal issues/mood
• Partially old experience
• Personal principles

2. Appreciate(not understand) what other people believe in.

• Noone are ideal and noone are able to abstract completely 

How we should resolve conflicts

1. Remove own judgements:

• Deadlines
• Other tasks in a sprint
• Personal issues/mood
• Partially old experience
• Personal principles

2. Appreciate(not understand) what other people believe in.

• Noone are ideal and noone are able to abstract completely 
• We all humans and make mistakes. Move on with that.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.