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- 1. Knowledge isn’t the problem, communication is WordCamp Cape Town 2014
- 2. $ whoami • Tomaž Zaman (@TomazZaman) • Father of 4 • (almost) a husband • skydiver • geek • founder of Codeable (@codeablehq)
- 3. -me, on numerous occasions “I f*cked up.”
- 4. Tom • 9 - 5 • sucky job • sucky project manager • sucky clients
- 6. A web developer. Web is global. You should be too.
- 7. • Over-promised • Under-delivered • Late • Why? Too many clients at a time.
- 8. Fear of running out of work.
- 9. Solution? Decrease prices, offer discounts. does it work? No.
- 10. No motivation.
- 12. The fantastic four Missed deadlines Misaligned expectations Poorly executed solutions Personality clashes
- 15. Ego == small talk 0 benefits
- 16. Solution? Admit you have problems, fears, expose your weak sides. Honesty goes a long way.
- 18. Supply and demand They meet at the correct price. You’re probably not charging enough.
- 21. –Your client “This is not what we agreed on.”
- 22. Draw. Improve UX and IA skills by doing it.
- 25. 3. Poorly done solutions
- 26. You’re probably not this guy
- 28. Technical debt It’ll bite you or your successor eventually. And it’ll be expensive.
- 31. Acceptance Practice it. Then practice some more.
- 32. Learn to let go.
- 33. What about teams? Easy. It’s called SCRUM.
- 34. • Kanban 2.0 • 14 day sprints • User stories • Daily meetings (not exceeding 15 minutes) • Roles • You can do this alone too! • http://zaman.io/1-person-scrum/
- 35. Recap • Increase your prices, don’t compete on those. Compete on your skills instead. • Ego kills relationships • Empathy and acceptance go a long way. • Clearly define the scope of work. Draw, if you have to • Have a partner, or an employee. Preferably several. • When things go wrong, don’t accuse or point fingers, strive for a solution and learn from it! • Learn to let go! • SCRUM/AGILE/whatever • Even if you love what you do, it’s just a job. You do it so you can live, not the other way around.
- 36. Dankie!