linuxcon brazil 2011 - hack your team, your department, and your organization for the greater good
DESCRIPTION
Many of us complain about how ""pointy hair bosses"", ridiculous IT policies, and a culture of complacency make it difficult if not impossible to function successfully as a developer. But how can the person on the low end of the organizational hierarchy make a difference for the better ( without being fired ) ? In this talk, I'll give you some ideas of what I've done in the past to help be a positive agent of change in organizations I've been a part of, and what lessons I've learned from it. We'll look at implementing development tools incognito, engaging with higher-ups, and dealing with the failures that go along the way.TRANSCRIPT
John MerticSugarCRM
HACK YOUR TEAM, YOUR DEPARTMENT, AND YOUR ORGANIZATION FOR THE GREATER GOOD
WHO AM I?• John Mertic
– Contact Info• http://jmertic.wordpress.com• Twitter: @jmertic• [email protected]
( SugarCRM )• [email protected] ( PHP )
– Community Manager for SugarCRM• http://www.sugarcrm.com• http://www.sugarforge.org• Twitter: @sugarcrmdev
Bart Simpson and the Coriolis effect
Things didn’t look good for him…
…but he showed them.
Hack = BAD
Hack - In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks.
Hack - In modern computing terminology, a kludge (or often a "hack") is a solution to a problem, doing a task, or fixing a system (whether hardware or software) that is inefficient, inelegant, or even unfathomable, but which nevertheless (more or less) works.
Life Hack - The term life hack refers to productivity tricks that computer programmers devise and employ to cut through information overload and organize their data. In more recent times, the same phrase has expanded to any sort of trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity and efficiency, in all walks of life. Or, in other words, anything that solves an everyday problem in a clever or non-obvious way might be called a life hack.
Hack != BAD
How can you avoid this fate?
Stop! Look and listen baby, ( that's my
philosophy )
Make something simple
Promote organically
Take Baby Steps to grow
Embrace opportunity
Be OK with failure
“Drive” – Daniel H. Pinkhttp://www.danpink.com/
“Poke the Box” – Seth Godin
http://www.sethgodin.com/
THANKS FOR COMING!
Slides will be available on SlideShare after the conference.
Will announce at @jmertic and http://jmertic.wordpress.com