[Engineering] [Talk] How To Stop Sucking And Be Awesome Instead

Thu Apr 7 13:39:09 UTC 2016

To build on the ideas that Stephen pointed out, here's a video I often
refer to when discussing creating value for users, in an iterative way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szr0ezLyQHY

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Max Binder <mbinder at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Now with Joaquin...
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 6:33 AM, Max Binder <mbinder at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> +1 Stephen, and thanks Joaquin. I'm gonna cross-post with the team
>> practices list. :)
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Stephen Niedzielski <
>> sniedzielski at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> This was great! From my own perspective, I found the following reframing
>>> useful:
>>>
>>> 1 Delivery is more important than my idea of perfection.
>>> 2 Publish code and products as often as practical.
>>> 3 Always be building what's most important to users.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Greg Grossmeier <greg at wikimedia.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> <quote name="Joaquin Oltra Hernandez" date="2016-04-06" time="11:56:43
>>>> +0200">
>>>> > I really enjoyed this talk from Jeff Atwood, it contains a lot of
>>>> wisdom
>>>> > and I thought I'd share it around here
>>>> >
>>>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7EGIt3-WUQ
>>>>
>>>> Summary: https://youtu.be/L7EGIt3-WUQ?t=1449
>>>>
>>>> Which is (over simplified, I was also multitasking while listening):
>>>> 1. Embrace the suck (aka: be OK with failing)
>>>> 2. Do it in Public (obvious, or I hope, for us ;) )
>>>> 3. Pick stuff that matters (yup)
>>>>
>>>>
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