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Putting the t in team
- 1. Putting the T in Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor
- 2. Etsy is a global marketplace where people around the world connect, both online and offline, to make, sell and buy unique goods. 2
- 3. Teams 3
- 5. Systems Design Development PM Marketing Branding Product Engineering API Ops Security Analytics Market Location Performance Accessibility Internal Platforms
- 6. The web is made by teams 6
- 8. Waterfall Back in the day 8
- 9. Waterfall SDLC 9 Requirements/Analysis Design Front End Dev Back End Dev QA/Testing Release Maintenance
- 10. Agile Now 10
- 12. The Agile Manifesto • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools • Working software over comprehensive documentation • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation • Responding to change over following a plan 12 agilemanifesto.org
- 13. The Agile Manifesto • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools • Working software over comprehensive documentation • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation • Responding to change over following a plan 13 agilemanifesto.org
- 15. Image by Jeff Pelletier @withinsight1
- 16. 16 Front end Design Back end
- 17. Changing technology • Javascript on the server • Complex apps in the client (MVC, React) • Designers are learning to code 17
- 19. The web is a holistic enterprise
- 21. I - Shape Deep knowledge in a single functional area 21 I
- 22. I - Shape Deep knowledge in a single functional area Deep expertise, plus ability and desire to collaborate across related disciplines T - Shape 22 I T
- 23. Which one are you? 23
- 24. THERE IS NO I IN TEAM
- 25. THERE IS NO I IN TEAM But look, there’s a T!
- 26. T-shaped people are in demand 26
- 27. World Economic Forum - Future of Jobs 2016 “Social skills—such as persuasion, emotional intelligence and teaching others—will be in higher demand across industries than narrow technical skills, such as programming or equipment operation and control. In essence, technical skills will need to be supplemented with strong social and collaboration skills.” 27 WEF Future of Jobs 2016 executive summary
- 28. OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING USC THIRD SPACE D SCHOOL AT STANFORD MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OF COMPIÈGNE AALTO UNIVERSITY HANZE UNIVERSITY GRONINGEN ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY VIRGINIA TECH T-shaped Education
- 29. Engineering Education “The intrinsic value of knowing things has declined drastically—and permanently. To a large extent today, it matters much less what you know than it does what you can do with what you know.” 29 -Richard K. Miller, Dean of Olin College of Engineering
- 30. How do you cross your T? (instead of dotting your i) 30
- 31. HTML,CSS,JS
- 32. HTML,CSS,JS Empathy Communication | Collaboration | Curiosity | Creativity | Adaptability
- 33. T traits Empathy Communication Collaboration Curiosity Creative problem solving Adaptability
- 34. T traits Empathy Communication Collaboration Curiosity Creative problem solving Adaptability
- 36. Imagine things from another person’s point of view • What are they thinking? • What are they feeling? • What is motivating them? • What are their values? 36 Practicing empathy
- 37. Behind every design, every business decision, and every line of code is a person. Empathy 37
- 38. • Surround yourself (both in person and on social media) with people who are different than you Practicing empathy 38
- 39. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ROBERTSON
- 40. • Surround yourself (both in person and on social media) with people who are different than you • Read fiction Practicing empathy 40
- 41. A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
- 42. • Surround yourself (both in person and on social media) with people who are different than you • Read fiction • Play video games! gamesforchange.org Practicing empathy 42
- 43. Practicing empathy 43 • Surround yourself (both in person and on social media) with people who are different than you • Read fiction • Play video games! gamesforchange.org • Open up
- 44. Practice empathy for our users and our colleagues Empathy 44
- 45. T traits Empathy Communication Collaboration Curiosity Creative problem solving Adaptability
- 46. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE AGILE MANIFESTO
- 47. Actually listening to what another person is saying, and not just thinking about how you are going to respond. Active Listening 47
- 48. Actually listening to what another person is saying, and not just thinking about how you are going to respond. • Acknowledge what they are saying - nod, say “yes” or “uh huh” • Ask for clarity “Help me understand…” • Reflect back “So what I’m hearing is…” • Defer judgement till the end Active Listening 48
- 49. T traits Empathy Communication Collaboration Curiosity Creative problem solving Adaptability
- 50. PHOTO BY DIMA BARSKY
- 51. YES, AND… PHOTO BY DIMA BARSKY
- 52. Build on each other’s ideas instead of tearing them down. Collaboration 52
- 53. Practice Collaboration • Put your own ideas out there 53
- 54. Practice Collaboration • Put your own ideas out there • Share what you know - wikis, documentation, code comments 54
- 55. Practice Collaboration • Put your own ideas out there • Share what you know - wikis, documentation, code comments • Look for similarities, not differences 55
- 56. Invite yourself to meetings Collaboration 56
- 57. T traits Empathy Communication Collaboration Curiosity Creative problem solving Adaptability
- 59. PHOTO COURTESY NASA “We look for people who are so inquisitive about the world that they're willing to try to do what you do” TIM BROWN - CEO IDEO
- 60. Designers should learn to code. Coders should learn to design. Curiosity 60
- 61. • Go to conferences Practicing Curiosity 61
- 62. • Go to conferences • Read a variety of blogs (Smashing Magazine, A List Apart) Practicing Curiosity 62
- 63. • Go to conferences • Read a variety of blogs (Smashing Magazine, A List Apart) • Try new things, experiment, and fail Practicing Curiosity 63
- 64. 15 minute rule
- 65. There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers Curiosity 65
- 66. T traits Empathy Communication Collaboration Curiosity Creative problem solving Adaptability
- 67. Design an alarm clock 67 ?
- 68. Design an alarm clock 68
- 69. Design an alarm clock Design a better way to wake people up 69 ?
- 70. Design an alarm clock Design a better way to wake people up 70
- 71. Ask why, not what Creative problem solving 71
- 72. T traits Empathy Communication Collaboration Curiosity Creative problem solving Adaptability
- 73. Image by Jeff Pelletier @withinsight1
- 74. Focus on the fundamentals Adaptability 74
- 75. Adaptability • Never say “this is how we’ve always done it” 75
- 76. Adaptability • Never say “this is how we’ve always done it” • Anticipate and embrace failure and change 76
- 77. Adaptability • Never say “this is how we’ve always done it” • Anticipate and embrace failure and change • Everyone fails, it’s how you recover from failure that matters. 77
- 78. Your code and your ideas are not you. Be willing to let go of them. Adaptability 78
- 79. T traits Empathy Communication Collaboration Curiosity Creative problem solving Adaptability
- 80. PHOTO FROM RAWPIXEL.COM Imagine if everyone on your team was T-shaped?
- 81. Have a strong foundation In Summary 81
- 82. In Summary 82 Cross your T
- 83. T traits Empathy Communication Collaboration Curiosity Creative problem solving Adaptability
- 84. Put as much time and effort into developing “soft skills” as you put into traditional “hard” front end skills In summary 84
- 85. Don’t be a unicorn
- 86. Don’t be a unicorn Be a ___________
- 87. Don’t be a unicorn Be a dolphin
- 88. Don’t be a unicorn Be an elephant
- 89. Don’t be a unicorn Be a rat
- 90. Don’t be a unicorn Be a sloth
- 92. Don’t be a unicorn Be a human being