Robots and Zombies - Why do we hate talking about feelings?!
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Feelings can help or hinder our software development efforts, so we should learn to understand them, and how - especially in an Agile context - they can become our superpower!
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Robots and Zombies - Why do we hate talking about feelings?!
- 1. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES WHY DO WE HATE TALKING ABOUT FEELINGS?!
- 2. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES STACEY VETZAL ▸ Founder of Mojility Inc. ▸ First computer, age 10 ▸ hardware and software hacker for 35 years ▸ Frustrated and embarrassed with the state of software development in the industry ▸ I am platform, language, and technology agnostic ▸ I have strong opinions, but they are loosely held
- 3. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES HACKER IETF RFC 1392 hacker (n): A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular. The term is often misused in a pejorative context, where "cracker" would be the correct term.
- 4. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES AGILE MANIFESTO Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan WHEREBY, while feelings could play a part on the right, they are far more at play on the left.
- 5. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ARE... ▸ Instincts! ▸ Feelings! ▸ Unthinking ▸ They feel, then act! ▸ No logic or reasoning!
- 6. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES ROBOTS ARE... ▸ Logic! ▸ Reasoning! ▸ Ruthlessly computational! ▸ They compute, then act! ▸ Emotions do not compute!
- 7. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES WE ARE HOOMANS! ▸ We can do both! ▸ We can feel, then think, and then act! ▸ Having both gives us special abilities, like COURAGE!
- 8. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES WE CAN'T TURN THEM OFF! ▸ We can’t turn them off ▸ despite what we tell ourselves ▸ what society tells us ▸ what our boss tells us ▸ what our customers tell us
- 9. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES THEY ARE OUR SUPERPOWER! ▸ How do you feel about this? ▸ code smells ▸ What do you think about this? ▸ analyze the possibilities ▸ You feel faster thank you think
- 10. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES THINKING FAST AND SLOW ▸ Trans folks who lack what we call “passing privilege”, and gender non-conforming / gender creative folks know this all too well ▸ Your “system 1” faculties make a snap decision based on previous experience and preliminary input, which may be incorrect. ▸ Then your “system 2” faculties begins reasoning about and seeking more input and reaches more informed conclusions.
- 11. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES PERMISSION TO FEEL ▸ Give yourself and your team permission to feel ▸ You don’t want to shut off half of your faculties, especially when tackling tough problems
- 12. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES WHY DO WE FEEL AWKWARD ABOUT FEELING? ▸ They drive us to places we don’t want to go sometimes (and quickly!) ▸ They show our vulnerabilities. ▸ They linger. ▸ They come from our emotional state continuum as well as our system 1 responses to input. ▸ Is this why we fear Zombies?
- 13. ROBOTS AND ZOMBIES WHY PRACTICE MAKES YOU A BETTER CODER ▸ Beware the “anchoring effect” of expressions like “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” ▸ Science says this isn’t true! ▸ Over time, kata develops your “System 1”, reinforces patterns and recognition. ▸ Helps you develop feelings about the code you write. Perfect Practice Makes Perfect