Socialist Software Development - RubyConf 2010

by CJ Kihlbom on Nov 12, 2010

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Socialism is often portrayed as pure evil by US media (hello Fox News), yet many socialist countries are ranked as some of the best countries in the world (Newsweek). So maybe it’s not all bad?...

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Socialism is often portrayed as pure evil by US media (hello Fox News), yet many socialist countries are ranked as some of the best countries in the world (Newsweek). So maybe it’s not all bad?

If you look at job listings for software developers, it seem like a lot of companies are looking for “programmer rock stars”, “coding ninjas”, etc. There is a romantic notion about the ultra productive independent super developer.

This talk examines software development from a socialist perspective. Might we get better results and provide more value if we set aside our egos and work together?

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Socialist Software Development - RubyConf 2010 — Presentation Transcript

SOCIALIST SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CJ Kihlbom, Elabs

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/15/interactive-infographic-of-the-worlds-best-countries.html

SHARING IS CARING CJ Kihlbom, Elabs

“ The Labour Party is a democratic socialist party. It believes that, by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create, for each of us, the means to realise our true potential, and, for all of us, a community in which power, wealth, and opportunity are in the hands of the many, not the few.

OPEN SOURCE

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviderickson/718933691/

“IS OPEN SOURCE COMMUNIST?” http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/is-open-source-communist/210

PAIR PROGRAMMING

“ Pair programming, like socialism, can help the weak folks but greatly hinders the better ones. Two idiots working together can’t mentor each other. Two capable programmers don’t need to mentor each other. From “What Every Engineer Should Know About Career Management”, by Mike Ficco

FLOW

CAMARADERIE

STABILITY

LEARNING

APPRENTICESHIP

MENTORING

COMPETITION

COLLABORATION

SOLIDARITY

THANKS! CJ Kihlbom, Elabs – @cjkihlbom

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