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Many to many: no man is an island

by Jacopo Romei

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One of my sessions at Better Software 2011, held in Florence, Italy.

One of my sessions at Better Software 2011, held in Florence, Italy.
I meant to stress the relevance of social skills in deplying technical skills, as a company or as an individual.

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Many to many: no man is an island Presentation Transcript

Many to Many No Man is an Island Jacopo Romei
U.S. Airways 1549
United 173
Expertise Social skills
Expertise Social skills enhanced or overridden by
Expertise Social skills enhanced or overridden by
Focus
Genius is overrated
Genius
is
overrated
Genius concept as an instance of the Dunning-Kruger effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
How do companies manage expertise?
Communities of practice
Reciprocity vs. Remuneration
Are developers an asset or a cost?
“ What if my company doesn't invest in my expertise but still I am afraid to move?”
“ What if I am a freelancer?”
Who's Jacopo?! PHP Developer Agile Coach Author
I am a nerd.
I am a nerd. thought I was
Source: http://www.xkcd.com/747/
Times for lone coders are gone.
Gone.
Excerpt from Wikipedia: Sheldon is also a difficult person to work with. In "The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation", Sheldon finds out that the others have tampered with his experiment, in order to make him more pleasant to work with. He also found out that they were considering killing him and had even come up with a plan to do so. When Leonard comes up with an idea for an iPhone application to solve physics problems, Sheldon immediately tries to seize control of it. When Leonard makes it clear that he is in charge, Sheldon continues to annoy the others, resulting in him getting fired by Leonard. When he asks why, Leonard tells him "[he is] impossible to work with".
Times for lone coders are gone. designers managers
Best software today is made by groups of people working on a reciprocity basis
That's why I join communities
GrUSP
GrUSP DDD Italy
GrUSP DDD Italy Extreme Programming Italia SIAgile Jackalope Symfony ALE Networrk PUG Roma Lean Agile Italia Lean Italia Symfony Italia REST-IT
Partecipating in the right community may help you to Stay on the bleeding edge
Partecipating in the right community may help you to Cooperate on developing standards bottom-up
Partecipating in the right community may help you to Double check your ideas
“ Valuable ideas can withstand any scrutiny” Kent Beck, father of TDD
Partecipating in the right community may help you to Base your job on people
Partecipating in the right community may help you to Learn customizing known solution in your context
Partecipating in the right community may help you to Hire distant people
Partecipating in the right community may help you to Develop your expertise
Communication
Respect
Courage
Feedback
Simplicity
Extreme Programming values
What I like most of Better Software?
YOU!
@silkroadrace
Jacopo Romei [email_address]