It's Hard to Hire a DevOps - DevOps Days Austin 2016
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WHY I S I T SO DAM N HA RD TO H I R E A DE VOP?
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BOY D …
• It’s not a woman’s issue
• It’s a problem of culture• Independently!!!
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R U L E S F R OM T H E BO O K
• Say the rule, write it down, and act on it
• Assholes will hire other assholes
• Get rid of assholes fast
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R U L E S F R OM T H E BO O K
• Treat certified assholes as incompetent employees
• Power breeds nastiness
• Embrace the power-performance paradox
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R U L E S F R OM T H E BO O K
• Manage moments - not just practices, polices and systems
• Model and teach constructive confrontation
• Adopt the one asshole rule
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BO TT O M L I N E
• Link big policies to small decencies
https://goo.gl/cC0tER
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SU M M A RY F O R E N G I N E E R S
• Have strong opinions
• Hold them weakly
• Thanks Chris
– THE ATX N O A SS HOL E P L ED GE
“I will not be an asshole. I will stop assholery when I witness it.”
– THE ATX N O A SS HOL E P L ED GE
“I will not be an asshole. I will stop assholery when I witness it.”
– THE ATX N O A SS HOL E P L ED GE
“I will not be an asshole. I will stop assholery when I witness it.”
– THE ATX N O A SS HOL E P L ED GE
“I will not be an asshole. I will stop assholery when I witness it.”
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K E I TH C A S E Y D I S AG R E E S
• “asshole” is offensive• It’s counter to the
cultural change you want
• Is he right?• https://goo.gl/nHQ217
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KE I T H MA K ES A G OOD PO I NT
• He is not wrong• I might be wrong• My strong opinion is
weakly held
“Regardless of what you name the behavior, our tolerance is inhibiting our progress as a
profession.”
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S T O P T H E A S S H O L E RY