The impactful engineer / Joey Simhon

TheImpactfulEngineerMistakesmade.Lessonslearned.

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• 15+yearsworkingwithpeopleshippingsoftwaretoproduction• Ex-founderof• Netcraft (acquiredbyTapuz in2010)• EverythingMe (2010-2015RIP)

• LeadingFacebookEngineeringinTel-Aviv•Married&fatherof3(8/6/3)• Ananthropologistofcompaniesandengineeringcultures•Madeeverymistakeon(andoff)thebook

Noengineerswerehurtinthepreparationofthissession

Noengineerswerehurt seriouslyinjured inthepreparationofthis

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5stepstobecomeanIE

5stepstobecomeanIE

•Writebug-freecode• Nevermissadeadline• Neverbreakaproductionsystem• Approachworkinaveryorganizedandprocess-orientedfashion• Doyourjobexactlyasinstructed

5stepstobecomeanIE

•Writebug-freecode• Nevermissadeadline• Neverbreakaproductionsystem• Approachworkinaveryorganizedandprocess-orientedfashion• Doyourjobexactlyasinstructed

NoonewaytobeanIE

• It’saboutyourskills• It’saboutthebehaviors thatyouconsistentlyexhibit• It’sabouthowyoumakepeoplefeel• It’srelativetothestageinyourdevelopmentasanengineer• It’sajourney

TheimpactfulengineersI’veworkedwithtaughtmethat

Nocodeisbetterthanno-code

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Owningproblemsbeatsowningsolutionseverytime

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Anyonecaninfluencethedirectionofwhatthey’rebuilding

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Effectivecommunicationchangeseverything

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Onedoesn’tknowwhatonedoesn’tknow

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Thedistinctionbetween– ahunch,athought,knowledgeanddata

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Any’why’questionisbetterasa‘how’or‘what’question

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‘Hard’,‘expensive’&‘impossible’arejustwaystodescribecost

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HowbeingagiverscalesyourimpactBeitmentorship,recruiting,blogposts,opensourcecontribution

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while(self.aware):self.improve()

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Thank