Management seems like a simple job - you tell people what to do, they do it, rinse, repeat. For bad managers, it really is this simple. Good managers do things differently. They let team members affect, if not drive, the team's direction. They allow the best ideas to guide the team's activity, no matter who brings them up. They are not intimidated by non-managers displaying leadership qualities, they encourage them. While these sentiments aren't unique to open source, they are the core of open source communities - allowing individuals to exert influence without any official authority. That's why I think working in open source is the best way to learn how to be a good manager, and I'll try to share this concept in my talk.

1. How open source made me a better manager
Allon Mureinik
Senior Manager, Seeker Node.js and .NET Agents
Synopsys, Inc.
allon.mureinik@synopsys.com / @mureinik / https://www.linkedin.com/in/mureinik/
DevConf.us, 17/08/2019

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Remember this?
https://devconf.info/cz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9afb-1QQxc

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A programmer’s day

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My day

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Fair enough
https://thenounproject.com/term/fairness/2030841

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“Management (or managing) is the
administration of an organization,
whether it is a business, a not-for-
profit organization, or government
body.”
(Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management)
What is management?

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Or, in other words
https://thenounproject.com/term/yawn/104421

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Sorry, that wasn’t very polite of me
https://thenounproject.com/term/good-boy/2475795

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Being a manager is simple
https://thenounproject.com/term/good-manager/719062

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Well, at least being a bad manager is simple
https://thenounproject.com/term/bad-manager/719065

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Leadership
https://thenounproject.com/term/follow-the-leader/1264384

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A reverse promotion?
https://thenounproject.com/term/vertical-arrows/1092317

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Open Source?
https://opensource.org/

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Be the change
https://thenounproject.com/term/strategy-change/2529010

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Leading by example isn’t enough
https://www.marvel.com/

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You don’t have to have all the answers
https://thenounproject.com/term/answer/652229

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Consensus
https://thenounproject.com/term/agree/135773

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Help others grow
https://thenounproject.com/term/personal-development-personal-development-personal/2019662

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Real life example
https://github.com/mockito/mockito/pull/928#issuecomment-277450878

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Metrics
https://thenounproject.com/term/metrics/1820646

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Questions?
https://thenounproject.com/term/questions/1195076/

22. Thank You
Contact
allon.mureinik@synopsys.com
@mureinik
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mureinik/