Michael Lopp — author of the acclaimed “Rands in Repose” blog and the books “Being Geek” and “Managing Humans” — joins Rypple for an interactive chat. Learn how Michael runs 1:1s with his engineering team.

1. Michael Lopp:
Bored People Quit
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3. hi.

4. “Bored People Quit”

5. @rands

6. A bright people virtuous
cycle

7. Bright people...
Build a culture...
That attracts more bright
people.

8. People often lose their way
quietly

9. My favorite tool: 1:1

10. •Every week.
•No matter what.
•30 minutes (at least).

11. The update, the vent, the
disaster

12. The update

13. •Three prepared points.
•A performance review.
•My current disaster.

14. The vent

15. 1. It’s either a vent,
2. A rant, or,
3. A disaster.

16. The disaster

17. • Shut up.
•You don’t know this
person.
• The issue doesn’t matter.

18. Assume they have
something to teach you

19. Detecting boredom

20. 1. Any change in routine,
2. Ask, “Are you bored?”,
3. Actually hearing it.

21. Handling boredom (pt. 1)

22. 1. Where at they going?
2. Am I getting them there?

23. Handling boredom (pt. 2)

24. 1. Interesting problems.
2. Experiments.
3. Protect their work.
4. Regarding crap work.
5. Aggressively remove tactical noise.
6. Tell them what the hell is going on.

25. The success is... silence.

26. Further reading:

27. The Software Developer’s
Career Handbook
Being
Geek
Michael Lopp

28. randsinrepose.com
@rands

29. thank you.

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31. Questions?