Beyond coding
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Conference: Coding Serbia 2015, Serbia Language: English
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- 1. BEYOND CODING OR WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS FOR DEVELOPERS IN AN AGILE ENVIRONMENT
- 2. WOULD YOU LIKE 30% SALARY RISE??
- 3. Hello! I AM ZVONIMIR KRIZ I’ll give this talk because non-technical skills in agile environment are important. You can find me at: @zvonekriz http://zvonekriz.com ˇ
- 4. Marko too hardworking to be missed HOW A QUESTION ABOUT IMPORTANCE OF NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS ARISED IN MY HEAD OR A TRUE STORY ABOUT MARKO AND BORNA “Borna” too introvert to be kept
- 5. DON’T TAKE MY WORD Let’s see the real data from a real research I got 150+ responses, from 14 countries (mostly Croatia and Serbia), managers and developers, what do they think about importance of non-technical skills. A survey conducted during the spring/summer 2015 by Z.Kriz
- 6. DOES IT REALLY MATTER? 50% of employers are willing to pay 30%+ more for those skills! RESEARCH RESULTS
- 7. HERE’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO TODAY START STOP EXPLORE 3 MOST IMPORTANT SKILLS DO YOU WANT YOUR +30%? THINK AGAIN LEARN HOW TO "ADVERTISE" YOUR SKILLS GOOD FOR YOU! Y N We’re going to do this... … and this.
- 8. WHAT IS (SURPRISINGLY) NOT SO IMPORTANT ● knowledge about Scrum, Kanban, XP,... (<1%) ● motivator (<4%) ● domain knowledge (<6%) X RESEARCH RESULTS
- 9. WILLINGNESS TO LEARN 41%* of employers and teammates wants you to constantly learn *=every participant decided for 3 choices from predefined set of non-technical skills 1 RESEARCH RESULTS
- 10. Good ◦ distributed practice (iterations rather than big bang) ◦ practice testing (do tests often) ◦ elaborative interrogation (ask yourself WHY) LEARNING TECHNIQUES TO ADOPT Bad ◦ summarization ◦ highlighting ◦ the keyword mnemonic ◦ imagery use for text learning ◦ rereading Source: Association for Psychological Science: Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology by prof. John Dunlosky http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/journals/pspi/learning-techniques.html
- 11. LEARNING RETROSPECTIVE: WHAT HAVE I LEARNED TODAY? Some retrospective places to consider:
- 12. Bad “I like to learn new things. I mean really...” JOB INTERVIEW / CV CHEATSHEET ON LEARNING TOPICS Good “Last month I invested in an ElasticSearch training, because I like to learn about new technologies.” proof concrete technology (means “I’m not lying”)
- 13. PROBLEM SOLVING 40% of employers and teammates wants you to focus and help *=every participant decided for 3 choices from predefined set of non-technical skills 2 RESEARCH RESULTS
- 14. TO BE A PROBLEM SOLVER, YOU HAVE TO FIND WHAT IS A REAL PROBLEM Lean offers a great set of tools for a root cause analysis: ◦ 5 whys ◦ Fishbone diagram
- 15. JOB INTERVIEW / CV CHEATSHEET ON PROBLEM SOLVING TOPIC OR A TRUE STORY HOW a FomF GOT THE JOB AT RIMAC AUTOMOBILI Prove that you’re a problem solver: a friend of my friend
- 16. COMMUNICATION SKILLS 32% of employers and teammates wants you to communicate effectively *=every participant decided for 3 choices from predefined set of non-technical skills 3 RESEARCH RESULTS
- 17. LOST IN EGYPT ? WARNING: IN SOME CULTURES YOU MIGHT NEED A DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION MODELS AND SKILLS!
- 18. “ Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Customer collaboration over contract negotiation The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.
- 19. JOB INTERVIEW / CV CHEATSHEET ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS TOPIC Bad “I have a good communication skills. I mean, everybody likes me...” Good “For better communication, I use four- ears model and I-message in my everyday work” concrete methods/tools (means “I’m not lying”)
- 20. LEARN LIKE CRAZY SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY Every day. P.S. Dont forget to do a self-promotion ;-)
- 21. Thanks! ANY QUESTIONS? You can find me at: @zvonekriz http://zvonekriz.com
- 22. CREDITS Special thanks to all the people who helped with this presentation: ◦ All people who participated in the survey ◦ Marko, “Borna” and FomF for taking a part of this presentation as a real examples ◦ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
Notes de l'éditeur
- Before we begin, let's check if this topic is for you: … Well, I cannot guarantee, but I can tell you: If somebody applied this presentation during a job interview in my team, this person would have got the job for sure.
- That's me: -20 yrs building a software - agile practitioner for 6 yrs - right now - leading dev teams on a large international software project (Croatia, Hungary and Egypt) Really glad to be here: - we heard that this conference is full of head hunters that hunts for good developers - after that they sent only me :)
- Instead of explaining how this topic came to my mind, I will tell you the true story: Marko Came to job interview as one of 10 candidates Candidates was all of a similar level Marko was a begginer and was studying for 7 years Was doing a “baustelle” in Germany for 2 years to pay for school He got the job Now he is a really good developer, proving every day that he's hardworker. Willing to learn. Borna Not a real name, universal name in Croatia, so it can stay a real anonymous Even better coding skills then Marko at the beginning very polite, but very introvert didn’t communicate problems and didn’t cooperate with others UNABLE to function as a part of an agile team after a year, that person lost the job That was a trigger for me: if you can get or lose a job on non-technical skills, then this skills are really important. So I decided to investigate it a bit more.
- Some friends complied that fellow developers are not important because they’re not giving you a salary. This is all wrong for at least two reasons: you result depends about a TEAM the youngest person here could be your next boss in a couple of months!
- Here is the first data from a survey: employers a willing to pay 30% more for non-technical skills that we’re going to discuss today.
- Here is the language that we understand to describe what we’re going to do today: So, we will reveal 3 most important non-technical skills for developers according to our survey. But, even more important, we will try to teach you how you can tell employers that you have the skills that they need.
- Before we reveal what is important, let’s see what is not important according to a survey: 1)somehow I feel that now I’m cutting the branch that I’m sittin on :) I’m not saying that those skills are not important, but only that the following skills are more important.
- Probably a disapointment now: Argh, this guy is going to deliver some generic talk. But, hold your horses, there are some very concrete things to say here: For the begining: I want you to do a small test. Think: What have you learn this week? If nothing: Why? Remember, If you’re not learning constantly, you will probably face some job problems in the near future!
- Bad: Keyword mnemonic=mental images of similar word Good - Distributed practice: DOING a small steps in a short iterations -Practice testing – experimenting (e.g. prototypes) -Elaborative interrogation (e.g. connecting history events)
- This is my invention. By recalling and trying to understand what you have learned, you force yourself to apply it.
- And now: If you are a constant learner, it would be nice to properly communicate it when you’re applying for a job. Imagine that bad situation. Would you, as an employer, beleive to that guy? Instead, use proofs and concrete terms.
- You may say: No shit Sharlok, everybody would like to be a problem solver. BUT, the good news is that you can learn something that would improve your problem solving!
- You cannot be a good problem solver if you don’t know what is the problem.
- Have you heard about Rimac automobili? It is a startap which is the most desirable employer (2014) in Croatia. They started from the blank paper and produced the fastest accelerating electric car (0 to 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds). The price is also hot: 1M EUR! A FomF was tired of job refusals. So he decided, instead of CV, he did a real research for wheelchair batteries for US market, and sent it to Rimac automobili as a job application. A next day, a founder Mr. Mate Rimac gave him a call and asked if he can start to work tomorrow.
- The third most desirable skill.
- Please, I’m not talking about good and bad, but only that... In some cultures developers are “unable” to say “No” or “Not possible”
- Does this sound familiar? What is this? See? An effective communication is a must-have for agile teams! majica prvome
- 4 ears model = based on 4 layers of communication: MATTER, SELF-REVEALING, RELATIONSHIP, APPEAL. The sender has 4 tongues and recipient has 4 ears. i-message=Starting sentences with „I”. E.g. „I feel that we have a problem with ”. In contrast with „You message”. Joke: „I think that YOU messed up” J