IT and Engineers. A presentation at TEDee x ITmedia on March 9th, 2013

1. IT and Engineers
who are building new things
#tedee_itmedia
Hiro Yoshioka,
Technical Managing Officer, Rakuten, Inc.
9th of March, 2013

2. Agenda
• Self Introduction
• IT and Engineers
– Moore’s Law
– Brooks’ Law
– Hacker Ethics
• How to become a specialist
http://www.rakuten.co.jp/recruit/engineer/hackermind.html
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3. Self Introduction
• Hiro
Yoshioka
– Technical
Managing
Officer
– Empowering
DU
Sec;on
– Development
Unit,
Rakuten
– Community
• YLUG
(Yokohama
Linux
Users
Group),
Kernel
Code
Reading
Party
• 勉強会勉強会
– TwiKer:
@hyoshiok
– DEBUG
HACKS,
2009,
ISBN9784873114040
http://japan.zdnet.com/image/l/storage/35012872/storage/ 3
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4. IT changes everything
• Information Technology and Internet
change the World
– The World is Flat.
• Hardware and Software development
http://www.rakuten.co.jp/recruit/engineer/hackermind.html
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5. Moore’s Law
• Computers
are
ge^ng
cheaper
and
faster
Transistor
is
double
every
18
to
24
months
hKp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law
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6. The Mythical Man-Month
Frederick Brooks, JR.
Brooks’ Law "adding
manpower to a late software
project makes it later"
http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/The-Mythical-Man-Month-Essays/
book-5XViaJPL_UeFtLEagIcF9A/page1.html
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7. Human Centric
• Engineers make Software.
– Computers are getting cheaper by Moor’s law
– Software Development is governed by
Brooks’s law.
• Hackers make the Internet.
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8. Hacker Ethic
• Access
to
computers—and
anything
which
might
teach
you
something
about
the
way
the
world
works—should
be
unlimited
and
total.
Always
yield
to
the
Hands-­‐On
Impera;ve
• All
informa;on
should
be
free
• Mistrust
authority
—
promote
decentraliza;on
• Hackers
should
be
judged
by
their
hacking,
not
criteria
such
as
degrees,
age,
race,
sex,
or
posi;on
• You
can
create
art
and
beauty
on
a
computer
• Computers
can
change
your
life
for
the
beKer
• hKp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic
• hKp://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/487593100X/
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9. The Hacker Way (Facebook)
• Code wins arguments
• Continuous Improvement and Iteration
• Open and Meritocratic
• Hackathon
• Bootcamp
• http://www.wired.com/business/
2012/02/zuck-letter/
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10. Hackathon
• Demo or Die (No Power Point)
• Pizza and Beer
at Yammer, 10/28/’12
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11. Talent Traffic
hKp://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonoberholtzer/2011/06/09/job-­‐migra;on-­‐talent-­‐traffic/
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12. IT industry shares the sense of value
• Hacker Mind
• Best practices
• Can we join the inner circle?
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13. How to be a good Engineer(professional)?
• How to become a hacker/professional
– http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html
– http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
• Learn how to learn
– Learning Pattern
http://learningpatterns.sfc.keio.ac.jp/
• knowledge is less important than skill
• Lifetime learner
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14. Meetups, Workshops, Study Sessions
more than 300 meetings a month
IT勉強会カレンダー
id:hanazukin and her friends
are compiling the calendar
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15. English?
• Internet :- English
• Information gap; English >> Japanese
• Speed; English >> Japanese
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16. Rakuten
Technology
Conference 2013
Oct. 26 (Sat)
th

17. Your Actions
• How do you become a hacker/professional?
• How do you join the inner circle?
• How do you learn how to learn?
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18. Q&A
Yoshioka
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