Dave Hoover discusses the importance of cooperative games in software development and organizational success. He emphasizes the need for apprenticeship as a strategy to attract and grow talent within organizations. Key elements of an effective apprenticeship program include mentorship, team dynamics, and a focus on culture.

1. Winning at
Cooperative Games
Dave Hoover
@davehoover
Dev Bootcamp, Chicago

2. The right conference
can change your life

3. Back to the Point
• Introducing a cool idea from an Agile pioneer
• How I think about cooperative games
• Apprenticeship as a key strategy for winning

4. Who’s this?

7. #protip How do you
pronounce this word?
Cockburn

8. import cockburn.ideas;
// check @davehoover

9. Disclaimer:
I like games.
I like winning.

10. Software development is
a unique kind of activity

11. • Cooperative
• Finite
• Goal-seeking
• Competitive

12. People are increasingly
at the center of the game

13. Organizational survival
is a different game

14. • Cooperative
• Infinite*
• Goal-seeking
• Competitive

15. Organizational game:
set up for the next win

16. Organizational winning:
attract & grow awesome
people

17. Two-pronged
approach to growth

18. Apprenticeship grows
(and attracts)
awesome people
(players of the game)

19. Ingredients of a good
Apprenticeship Program

20. • Mentor, Team, Owner
• Sustainable Ratio
• Culture over Curriculum
• In the Trenches
• Pet Project
• Milestones
• Feedback Loops

21. Apprenticeship is “easy”,
but it’s a hard move

22. Thanks,
Let’s talk!
Dave Hoover
@davehoover
Dev Bootcamp, Chicago