A great coding culture gives the power back to the developer and concentrates on making them productive and happy by removing unnecessary overhead, bringing autonomous teams together, helping the individual programmer to innovate, and raising the awareness among developers to create better code. I will talk about how to establish and foster a strong engineering-focused culture and give lots of examples from our experience at Atlassian to show that once you're working in a great coding culture, you won't want to work anywhere else.

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CULTURE
@svenpet
CODING1

2. THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR
OPEN AUDIENCES ONLY
BY THE PRESENTATION ASSOCIATION OF MY IMAGINATION
PROFANITY
P Hypersensitivity to occasional profanity requires covering ears.
OCCASIONAL PROFANITY (SORRY MOM!)

3. WHAT IS
?CULTURE

4. SO, WHATIS CULTURE?

5. THATMAKES THE DEVELOPER HAPPYA
PING PONG & FREE FOOD
BEER ON TAP
NERF GUNS
CULTURE

6. CULTURETHIS IS NOT

7. EXAMPLECULTUREBAD

8. WHYARE COMPANIES DOING THAT?

9. FREDERICK WINSLOW TAYLOR
IT’S HIS FAULT!

10. EFFICIENTWORKERS THINKING MANAGERS

11. TIMES HAVE CHANGED!

12. WORK HAS CHANGED!

13. PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED!

14. COMPANIES…CHANGE SLOWLY

15. NOWPAST

16. SVEN PETERS
ATLASSIAN EVANGELIST
@svenpet
svenpet.com

18. F RMALFRIDAY

19. INNOVATION
OF
1
CULTURE

20. INNOVATE OR DIE

21. GO & INNOVATE

22. $ FOR GOOD IDEAS!

23. GIVE THEM TIME
THEIR OWN IDEAS
TO TRY

24. SHIP ITDAY
BRAINSTORM HACK 24 HOURS
THE WHOLE COMPANYEVERYQUARTER
SHOW & WIN

26. SHIP ITDAY
WORKING PROTOTYPE
REASON WHYWE DECIDED TO BE DEVELOPERS
HAPPYDEVELOPERS

27. INNOVATION FOR THE MASSES

28. IDEAS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE ANYTIME

29. INNOVATION HAPPEN
GIVE ITA POSSIBILITYTO GROW

30. HAPPINESS
OF
2
CULTURE

31. FAMILY & FRIENDS DAY
TEAM BUILDING
EOFY PARTY
(GAMES OF CODE)
FUN WITH CO-WORKERS

32. FUN WITH CO-WORKERS
BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS
LEARN ABOUT STRENGTH & WEAKNESSES

35. LIFE MOVES PRETTYFAST
IF YOU DON’TSTOP AND LOOK AROUND ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU COULD MISS IT

36. & CELEBRATETHE TEAM WINS!STOP
ORGANIZE A RELEASE PARTY
BAKE A CAKE
DO A TEAM OFFSITE

37. SERVICE TEAM VALUES

38. THEY BECAME BLURRY
ON A DAYTO DAY BASIS

39. & CELEBRATETHE CULTURE ROCKSTARS!STOP

41. & CELEBRATE SMALL& BIG WINSSTOP
MAKES US HAPPIER
HELPS US TO FOCUS

42. HOW HAPPYARE YOU?

43. AND YOUR TEAM?

44. SUCKS & SLOW

45. LEARN

46. MEASURE

47. ADOPT

48. ADOPT
AFTER OUR COMPANYPARTY
http://atlss.in/mood_app

49. ADOPT 91% HAPPY!
TALKED TO UNHAPPY PEOPLE
94% HAPPY!

50. BALANCE PASSION
OF
3
CULTURE

51. WHYDO WE CODE?
CODING / CREATING GREATSOFTWARE MAKES US HAPPY

52. INGREDIENTS FOR GREATSOFTWARE
SUPPORTFROM MANAGEMENT
PASSIONATE, TALENTED DEVELOPERS
THE BESTTOOLS
GREAT CULTURE WITH RESPECT& TRUST

53. CODING / CREATING MAKES US HAPPY
WHYDO WE CODE?
GREATSOFTWARE MAKES THE CUSTOMER HAPPY

54. DON’TFORGETYOUR CUSTOMER

55. EMMA
WILLIAM
DON’TFORGETYOUR CUSTOMER

56. EMMA
WILLIAM
FAKE
DON’TFORGETYOUR CUSTOMER

57. WE USE
PERSONAS

59. WE STICKTHOSE ON THE WALL

60. REMINDS US WHO WE BUILD THE SOFTWARE FOR

61. WE CAN’T ESCAPE

63. PERSONA CARDS

64. PERSONA CARDS

65. PLAYSOME CARDS?

66. ARGUE WITH PERSONAS

67. VISUALIZE STORIES FOR EVERYONE

68. BE
PASSIONATEABOUTYOUR SOFTWARE
YOU SPEND 8 HRS A DAY ON IT

69. YOUR PRODUCT

70. YOUR CODE

71. ENGINEERING VALUES
HAVE

72. public boolean isTrue(boolean value) {
if (value == true) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}

73. SAY‘NO‘
IF YOU FEELIT WILLHARM THE CODE

74. DON’TWRITE CRAPPYCODE

75. for(int i=0;i< names.length;i++){
if (zipFile.getEntry(name[i])!=null){
return true;
}
}
return false;

76. return Arrays.stream(names).anyMatch
(name -> zipFile.getEntry(name) != null);

77. SCROLLBAR IS A SOLUTION…

78. TRYAND FIND BETTER WAYS

79. PRIMADONNA

81. TURN YOUR PASSION INTO PRODUCTS

82. ENGINEERING VALUES
WRITE DOWN YOUR
SO YOU CAN REFER TO THEM

83. public void greatCode() {
startCoding();
}
BALANCE YOUR PASSION

84. BEING ONE TEAM
OF
4
CULTURE

85. 12

86. 12 NATURALTEAM SIZE

87. 150

88. 150 DUNBAR’S NUMBER

89. 150MAINTAIN STABLE RELATIONSHIP

90. SILO PROBLEM

91. SILO PROBLEM
LEGAL DEVELOPER

92. BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER
LEGAL DEVELOPER

95. INTRODUCE YOURSELF

96. SOME PERSONALSTUFF

97. STARTCONVERSATIONS

98. TRANSPARENCY
WINS FAILS DECISIONS QUESTIONS

99. WIN!

100. FAIL!

101. QUESTION FOR THE WHOLE COMPANY!

102. QUESTIONS ANYONE?

105. TRANSPARENCY
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER

106. SPREADS THE CULTURE
TRANSPARENCY

107. SCALES
THAT
5
CULTURE

108. 12

109. 6-8

110. 6-8
DEVELOPER TEAM SIZE

111. DESIGNER

112. DEVELOPER WITH
DESIGN SKILLS
DESIGNER

114. 6-8 6-8 6-8
ONE PRODUCT

115. 6-8 6-8 6-8
FRONTEND PERFORMANCE DATABASE
ONE PRODUCT

116. COORDINATION PROBLEMS
MISSING CUSTOMER RELATION

117. 6-8 6-8 6-8
FRONTEND PERFORMANCE DATABASE

118. 6-8 6-8 6-8
EASYSTART ENTERPRISE DEVELOPER TEAMS

119. 6-8 6-8 6-8
USE TOOLX
DON’T USE A TOOL

120. 6-8 6-8 6-8
MEET WHEN NECESSARY
DAILY MEETINGS

121. 6-8 6-8 6-8
AUTONOMY

122. 6-8 6-8 6-8
NEED SUPPORT

123. YOU HAVE TO WAIT2 SPRINTS
WE HAVE DIFFERENTPRIORITIES
CAN WE GETSUPPORT
FROM YOUR TEAM?

124. 6-8 6-8 6-8
JUST DO IT

125. DO-OCRACY

126. AUTONOMY TRUST
DO-OCRACY

127. AUTONOMY TRANSPARENCY TRUST
DO-OCRACY

129. CHANGING
OTHER PEOPLE’S CODE?
THERE IS NOT SUCH THING
CODE REVIEWS
WHO’S THE BESTTO CHECK IT?

130. AUTO
SUGGEST
REVIEWERS
PREVIOUSLY
CHANGED
FILES

131. STATE OF THE DEVELOPMENT
DEMOSREGULAR - OPEN - HONEST

132. AUTONOMY TRANSPARENCY TRUST
GIVES LIGHT WEIGHT CONTROL
DO-OCRACY

133. SCALES BYKEEPING DEVELOPMENT SPEED
DO-OCRACY

134. CULTURE
BE ONE TEAM
BALANCE YOUR PASSION
AUTONOMY & TRUST
TRANSPARENCY
HAVE THE CUSTOMER IN MIND

135. CULTUREIS FLUFFY
BUTALIVE

136. CULTURE
BE ONE TEAM
BALANCE YOUR PASSION
AUTONOMY & TRUST
TRANSPARENCY
HAVE THE CUSTOMER IN MIND

137. CULTURE
BE ONE TEAM
BALANCE YOUR PASSION
AUTONOMY & TRUST
OPEN COMPANY,
NO BULLSHIT
HAVE THE CUSTOMER IN MIND

138. CULTURE
BE ONE TEAM
BALANCE YOUR PASSION
OPEN COMPANY,
NO BULLSHIT
BE THE CHANGE
YOU SEEK
HAVE THE CUSTOMER IN MIND

139. CULTURE
PLAY, AS A TEAM
BALANCE YOUR PASSION
OPEN COMPANY,
NO BULLSHIT
BE THE CHANGE
YOU SEEK
HAVE THE CUSTOMER IN MIND

140. CULTURE
PLAY, AS A TEAM
OPEN COMPANY,
NO BULLSHIT
BE THE CHANGE
YOU SEEK
BUILD WITH HEART & BALANCE
HAVE THE CUSTOMER IN MIND

141. CULTURE
PLAY, AS A TEAM
OPEN COMPANY,
NO BULLSHIT
BE THE CHANGE
YOU SEEK
BUILD WITH HEART & BALANCE
DON’T #@!% THE CUSTOMER

142. VALUES
PLAY, AS A TEAM
OPEN COMPANY,
NO BULLSHIT
BE THE CHANGE
YOU SEEK
BUILD WITH HEART & BALANCE
DON’T #@!% THE CUSTOMER

143. GIVES YOUR CULTURE STABILITY
VALUES

144. REMIND PEOPLE

145. ONE MORETHING

146. PRODUCTS COME & GO

147. PRODUCTS COME & GO
STAYSCULTURE

148. THANKS
svenpet.com/talks
@svenpet
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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Poop designed by Isabel Foo from the Noun Project
Map designed by Mister Pixel from the Noun Project
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152. ICONS
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Pointer designed by Evan MacDonald from the Noun Project
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Friends designed by Luis Prado from the Noun Project
Graduate Cap designed by Diego Naive from the Noun Project
Calendar designed by Laurent Patain from the Noun Project
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