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A Little About Me
• I was a scientist
• I was a coder
• I was an architect
• …
This is Not About Technology
• It is about technologists
• It’s about happiness, and balance
• When you find balance, you find peace
A Little About You
• Today I’m focused on two types of people
A Little About You
• Today I’m focused on two types of people
A Little About You
• Today I’m focused on two types of people
8 hours for working… minimum
Half hour for lunch
An hour to commute
… it adds up
http://www.cdc.gov/features/dssleep/“Insufficient Sleep is a Public Health
Epidemic”
We have the best jobs
• http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings/the-100-best-jobs
When You First Get Hired
• Enthusiasm is high
• Got that “new project” smell
• Team may be new or developing
• Your ideas are needed and fresh
And You Did That
Honeymoon Over
• Now you’re the maintenance team
• Or some of the team moves to other departments or leaves entirely.
• Knowledge departs
• And now you may be “stuck” holding the bag
• And you may even start resenting it.
• Your skills may start to atrophy.
• But you’re comfortable, and change is hard.
http://blog.timesunion.com/careers/the-6-stages-of-the-job-life-cycle/1458/
Symptoms
“I’ve got twenty-five years experience writing code, and
I don’t need anyone else’s input.”
Signs
Are you not entertained?
Don’t believe in the management’s vision
“The key is not to prioritize your
schedule, but to schedule your
priorities”
{ Stephen Covey }
Perfect is the enemy of
good
Perfect is the enemy of
done
Well, if the product is
“walking”…
… master of none
The Parable of the Stonecutters
"Consider what you are doing and ponder whether it is worthy that you devote your life to it." --Rabbi Nachma
Remote Work
• Telecommuting up nearly 79% from 2005 and now makes up 2.6% of the work force -http://globalworkplaceanalytics.com/telecommuting-statistics
• Working at home increases productivity (+13%) and reduces turnover (-50%) - https://web.stanford.edu/~nbloom/WFH.pdf
You Need to Quit Your Jobkpd
Thanks to Some Inspirational Folks!
• Cori Drew - Because PEOPLE. Because PASSION. http://truncatedcodr.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/because-people-because-passion/
• Sharon Cichelli – “Crafting Your Career”, That Conference 2012
• Elizabeth Naramore – Stop Drinking Spoiled Milk http://vimeo.com/71732283
• Amir Rajan – Rebooting Life -http://amirrajan.net/meta/2013/07/14/rebooting-life/
• Scott Hanselman - It's not what you read, it's what you ignore -http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ItsNotWhatYouReadItsWhatYouIgnoreVideoOfScottHanselmansPersonalProductivityTips.aspx
That Conference 2015: August 10-12
• We want you to come
• We want you to learn
• We want you to participate
• We want you to teach
• We want you to
• We want you
Find Me. Talk to Me.
• http://www.kevinpdavis.com
• @kevinpdavis
• http://www.linkedin.com/in/daviskevinp/
• http://about.me/kevin_davis
• http://softwarearchaeology.blogspot.com
You Need to Quit Your Jobkpd