053 JSJ Software Team Dynamics

Published: March 29, 2013, 4 p.m.

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\\xa0PanelJoe Eames (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) AJ O\\u2019Neal (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up)
Discussion
\\xa002:48 - External ConflictsDealing with people outside your own team
07:04 - Areas of Expertise
\\xa008:45 - Expectations and DeadlinesMultiple Layers of Hierarchy Differences in Goals
13:47 - Flatter Structure Approach
\\xa015:21 - The Search for DevelopersFinding the ideal people What makes an \\u2018A Player\\u2019? Intellectual Capability
19:47 - Team Scaling/ Scaling AgileScaling Agile @ Spotify How Stripe Builds Software, with Greg Brockman
25:10 - Team Diversity
\\xa029:57 - Team DynamicsAttitude Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd by Youngme Moon (Joe)
35:00 - Specialization
\\xa040:08 - Dealing with someone you don\\u2019t likeCircumventing Confrontation
50:52 - Dealing with a non-engaged personPicksHonest and open conversations (Merrick) Noah Gundersen (Merrick) Oz the Great and Powerful (Joe) Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd by Youngme Moon (Joe) The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You\\u2019re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Bren\\xe9 Brown (Joe) King of Tokyo (Joe) AngularJS (Joe) Kiki\'s Delivery Service (Jamison) Local 0.2.2 (Jamison) Ciaran Jessup (AJ) Psych Season 7 (AJ) Google+ Hangouts (AJ) ScreenFlow (AJ) Jing (Chuck) Transmit (Chuck)
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\\xa0CHUCK:\\xa0 So, team dynamics this week?JOE:\\xa0 Sorry, is that our discussion or is that what we decided to call ourselves?[Laughter]CHUCK:\\xa0 It\\u2019s our discussion topic this week.AJ:\\xa0 We are Team Dynamics.JOE:\\xa0 Because if we\\u2019re going with names, I would like to submit the Wolverines.CHUCK:\\xa0 The Wolverines? I think it\\u2019s taken by a University around here.AJ:\\xa0 Yeah, and my high school back in Virginia, and that dude from New Zealand who plays in X-Men.CHUCK:\\xa0 That dude?AJ:\\xa0 Yeah, that dude, Hugh Jackman.CHUCK:\\xa0 [Chuckles][Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at Bluebox.net.][This episode is sponsored by Component One, makers of Wijmo. If you need stunning UI elements or awesome graphs and charts, then go to Wijmo.com and check them out.]CHUCK:\\xa0 Hey everybody, and welcome to Episode 53 of the JavaScript Jabber Show. This week on our panel, we have Joe Eames.JOE:\\xa0 Hi there.CHUCK:\\xa0 Jamison Dance.JAMISON:\\xa0 Hello, my mission is to bring calm to the boiling cauldron of hate that is the Internet.CHUCK:\\xa0 AJ O\\u2019Neal.AJ:\\xa0 Yo! Yo! Yo! Coming at you live from the pulling my hair out over Iowa.CHUCK:\\xa0 Merrick Christensen.MERRICK:\\xa0 What up?CHUCK:\\xa0 I\\u2019m Charles Max Wood from DevChat.tv and don\\u2019t forget to use that code to get into Fluent Conf.MERRICK:\\xa0 It\\u2019s a big conference. You can go to FluentConf.com for the schedule, happens May 28th to the 30th, it\\u2019s at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco. And for our listeners, you can actually get 20% off on your ticket using JAVAJAB. And that will give you 20% off on the registration.CHUCK:\\xa0 This week, we\\u2019re going to be talking about team dynamics and all the fun stuff that goes with it. To start us off, I kind of want to ask because I always get good stories from people when I ask questions like this. What is your worst team experience?JOE:\\xa0 That\\u2019s quite a way to start it off. It sounds like a good way to get me to burn some bridges.AJ:\\xa0 No, no, I know this one\\u2026JAMISON:\\xa0 I played little league and I was scared of the ball. And I had the bat and I was really short and they wanted me to bat first because I\\u2019d be walked all the time to get on base but I just wanted to quit.

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