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1. Steven Walker
Design Manager for The Design Union @ Groupon
@to_morrow
or email me, steven@groupon.com

2. Steven Walker
Design Manager for The Design Union @ Groupon
@to_morrow
or email me, steven@groupon.com
@TheDesignUnion

3. a little about me...

4. a little about me...
Groupon’s first designer, been monkeying
around for ~2.5 years

5. a little about me...
Groupon’s first designer, been monkeying
around for ~2.5 years
Design, development, product
management, people management,
sales, operations and more...

6. a little about me...
Groupon’s first designer, been monkeying
around for ~2.5 years
Design, development, product
management, people management,
sales, operations and more...
...still trying to get on that fucking Senior Team

7. I am...

8. I am...
Classically trained in
Design & Printmaking

9. I am...
Classically trained in
Design & Printmaking
Self-taught developer

10. I am...
Classically trained in
Design & Printmaking
Self-taught developer
...but I learned the most from
listening and immersing myself.

11. I am...
Classically trained in
Design & Printmaking
Self-taught developer
...but I learned the most from
listening and immersing myself.
...and off of a bar napkin drinking with my father

12. Deselopment
Design & Development As One!
Converting Ideas into Shippable Products

13. Big or small hopefully you can
take something from this...

14. Big or small hopefully you can
take something from this...
...WE ARE ALL
ENTREPRENEURS TRYING
TO MOVE FAST!

15. This speech has been optimized for it’s
viral coefficient, as measured by...

16. This speech has been optimized for it’s
viral coefficient, as measured by...
y/x * x =
...how quickly Hiten Shah can tweet
the title of each slide.

17. 1
To me design and development
are one...

18. 1
To me design and development
are one...
...it’s called building
real products with real
people

19. 2
The design of a product
start at understanding the
ecosystem it impacts

20. 3
Designers should be
dictating business rules,
while developers are
designing UI’s.

21. 3
Designers should be
dictating business rules,
while developers are
designing UI’s.
Fuck it

22. 4
MVC, not PSD

23. 5
“Development is blocked”

24. 5
“Development is blocked”
no it’s not!

25. 6
T-Shaped people are
Trrreeeeemmmeeendous!

26. 7
True craftsmen know
everything about their trade...

27. 7
True craftsmen know
everything about their trade...
...and learn from those better than it
than they are

28. 8
Hire designers and
developers just the same...

29. 8
Hire designers and
developers just the same...
...either will do both if you do
a good job

30. 9
Pairing...

31. 9
Pairing...
...or rather Spooning, as we call it

32. 10
Let go and depend
on others...

33. 10
Let go and depend
on others...
...it’s easier

34. 11
Let ownership happen...

35. 11
Let ownership happen...
...trust talented people and get
the fuck out of the way

36. 12
Production vs. Perfection

37. 13
Process...

38. 13
Process...
...or rather anti-process

39. 14
Frameworks build
themselves...

40. 14
Frameworks build
themselves...
...out of necessity

41. 15
Accept changing
requirements...

42. 15
Accept changing
requirements...
...well designed product absorb
these punches well

43. 16
Face-to-face
communication...

44. 16
Face-to-face
communication...
...nothing beats it...

45. 16
Face-to-face
communication...
...nothing beats it...
...except sex...

46. 16
Face-to-face
communication...
...nothing beats it...
...except sex...
...cause bangin’ is rad

47. 17
If you can’t sell...

48. 17
If you can’t sell...
...you suck

49. We’re hiring Deselopers!
email me, steven@groupon.com
or go to groupon.com/jobs