what they dont teach you at school
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What they don’t teach you at schoolRicardo Fiel CTO, RUPEAL
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Born 1978, Leiria
Dad of one
Started in a ZX Spectrum
12 years exp in software teams
Very active in tech communities
Noisy guitar player, some albums out, ~300 gigs
Currently CTO @ RUPEAL
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Staffing and Recruitmentservices SaaS products
Ruby, Clojure, …
Agenda
“A journey from
your last day in college
to
your first 3 years in the work scene”
Lesson 0 = HAVE FUN!!!
What they don’t teach you at school
1. How to choose the right company
2. How to deal with people
3. How to communicate effectively
4. How to manage time
5. How to be in control, anytime, anywhere
What they don’t teach you at school
1. How to choose the right company
Company culture - don’t believe the hype!
“…awesome project…”
“…opportunity to grow…”
“…market leader…”
“…focus on people…”
“…training…”
“…ping-pong tables, free snacks, …”
“…work from home…”
“…no managers…”
Company culture - don’t believe the hype!
“…awesome project…”
“…opportunity to grow…”
“…market leader…”
“…focus on people…”
“…training…”
“…ping-pong tables, free snacks, …”
“…work from home…”
“…no managers…”
Company culture - don’t believe the hype!
The most rewarding thing is the
quality of your team
Strive to work with
really smart people
Ask to meet them for a day
before you accept the offer
Company culture - which is better?
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• Culture controlled by the client
• Wide array of technologies• Startups and Global companies
• Culture controlled by us : Culture of Trust
• Unlimited holidays• Remote (true remote)• Fully transparent
What they don’t teach you at school
1. How to choose the right company
2. How to deal with people
Why people leave
(c) LinkedIn
3 out 5 = people
The 6 human needs (Tony Robbins)
The 5 dysfunctions of a team
The 5 dysfunctions of a team
Read this.
What they don’t teach you at school
1. How to choose the right company
2. How to deal with people
3. How to communicate effectively
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The golden rule.
Luis Martins Simões - Atitude Comercial
1. Reception “Gordon, you are one the best PMs I know…”
2. I Message“… but I feel a bit lost on the request you’re making. I need your help so we
can deliver the most value.”
3. Open Questions“Could you share why is it so important for you to do it today?”
4. Empathic Listening(Don’t interrupt!)
Read this.
What they don’t teach you at school
1. How to choose the right company
2. How to deal with people
3. How to communicate effectively
4. How to manage time
Gantt Charts.
Gantt Charts.
Agile. Scrum. Kanban.
WTF is high priority?
Importance vs Urgency
UrgencyIm
port
ance
1
23
4
About productivity
20% of your actions yield 80% of results
—> Focus on the 20%
Book: “Joel On Software”
Build something that matters
—> Sense of purpose
Tony Robbins’ RPM (adapted)
Result
Reduce from 4 to 1 the number of API calls required to create, finalize and send an invoice
When? End of Q1
Why?
Because we want to be the easiest app in the world for invoicing a client
Because our support team is handling 30 cases on average / month just for this
Action Plan
• Create new endpoint
• Validate with beta clients
• Load test• Update gem• Create SDKs for
Node.js and C#
The developers own the action plan!!!
What they don’t teach you at school
1. How to choose the right company
2. How to deal with people
3. How to communicate effectively
4. How to manage time
5. How to be in control, anytime, anywhere
Just an average day
Decide how you feel
Manageyour
STATE
FocusLanguage
Physiology
STATE
The TRIAD
Image References
https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/2014/08/top-workplace-deal-breakers-you-should-know-about-infographic
http://projectlifemastery.com/the-6-human-needs-6-reasons-why-you-do-what-you-do-or-why-anyone-does-anything/
https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2015/09/culture-of-trust/
http://positivelystacey.com/2014/01/the-four-agreements-a-practical-guide-to-personal-freedom/
http://assets.diylol.com/hfs/ec3/614/e80/resized/stevethisisbullshit-meme-generator-guys-this-is-bullshit-a1f218.jpg
http://memegenerator.net/instance/47763725https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140909145708-79149253-why-god-gave-you-two-ears-and-one-mouth
http://blog.codinghorror.com/microsoft-project-and-the-gantt-waterfall/
https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agile/scrum/task-boards
http://www.funcatpictures.com/funny-cat-pictures/bored/