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Tom Young

@ThomasTheYoung

Guacamole enthusiast. He/him.

 London, England
Joined August 2011
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I know I have a lot of connections in or near Germany from AgileTD. I will be in Munich from 16-21 Sept, any recommendations for spots we should go to see/eat/drink while we are there? Local gems are so much more fun than tourist traps. Thanks!
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“Finding the right candidates effectively” is the other talk Jason considered giving today … but actually “Engineering a more equitable hiring process” IS THE SAME TALK. There is in fact no conflict between equity and efficiency in hiring. Jason Wodicka #LeadDevLondon
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LeadDev@TheLeadDev27 Jun 2023
Next at #LeadDevLondon is Dr. Cat Hicks (@grimalkina) shaking things up with questions on productivity! Catch her talk 'how I learned to stop worrying about developer productivity and love developer thriving' here 👉 bit.ly/3JAinIC
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“I don’t think we know how to talk about productivity … and we’re facing a real challenge with our teams as a result” @grimalkina #LeadDevLondon
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Replying to @shauns_uk @tangentialism @LisaKC_ @ColWalder @CDPROJEKTRED @korndaniel1 @ShopifyDevs @automattic @ShaneaLeven @fnthawar @RyanMacG @ShopifyEng @AliciaCollymore
Ah, music to my ears: “keep projects short, very short”. Yes!!! Pragmatists of the world unite! Use boring technology and keep things simple. Tackle uncertainty first. Focus on getting work done not started - hard agree, WIP is a poison on pace #LeadDevLondon
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“You’re going to have values anyway. Any time you bring a group of people together they develop values. If you don’t do it mindfully, you’ll do it accidentally. Take a purposeful approach to developing core values” @ColWalder #LeadDevLondon
Image from Meri 9x💉“Exiled for Good of the Realm” Williams (@Geek_Manager)
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This quote is really it. This is also exactly what motivates me to work on understanding our social systems. Engineers 🤝 Social scientists #LeadDevLondon
Image from Cat Hicks (@grimalkina)
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“Notice, Think, Persuade, Proceed — the four steps of caring about something. Maps nicely to my incantation of Do The Right Thing” @tangentialism #LeadDevLondon
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This keynote discussion of *liminal spaces* from @tangentialism reminds me deeply of behavior change theory in social science! When old norms and implicit beliefs are questioned it's scary, but suddenly there's opportunity for small changes to yield huge impact #LeadDevLondon
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“Nobody knows what to do because the inputs are so varied” @tangentialism kicking things off #LeadDevLondon with a rallying cry for engineering managers to navigate a changing business landscape that is NOT the same as 2009
Image from Scott Carey (@scarey102)
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Either Slack is down or I have been fired and they haven't told me yet 🤔
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Watching people, you admire and respect crush their presentations and workshops, albeit from afar, is 🥰🥰🥰🥰 #agileTD
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Yea finally I got to wear a headset to do a talk. I had sooo wished for this but never was possible because I wear a scarf/hijab. #AgileTD made it possible. Thank you for making this happen 😊 @AgileTDZone – at Potsdam, Germany
Gitte Klitgaard - out of here - find me on bluesky (@NativeWired) profile pictureGitte Klitgaard - out of here - find me on bluesky@NativeWired24 Nov 2022
Before the talk, @Parveen_Khan10 told me that this was the first time she could do a talk with a headset. Normally she has to use a microphone because of her scarf, but the staff of #AgileTD made it work. Really nice attention to detail to make sure people are included ❤️
Image from Gitte Klitgaard - out of here - find me on bluesky (@NativeWired)
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Replying to @MlleSophiePofie
@MlleSophiePofie
Image from Jenny Bramble (@jennydoesthings)
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All you lovely lot at #AgileTD , I hope you realise how lucky you are. I wish I could have joined you, but am at least getting a few of the vibes through Twitter - so please keep them coming!
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Argh the program for @AgileTDOpenAir next year looks so good that I already feel the fomo setting in... Everything sounds brilliant from familiar faces and ones new to me, but do I spy a new talk with an excellent theme from @MlleSophiePofie and the return of @klaartjejulia?
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I stand with trans and non-binary people. I have and will continue to defend them publicly and in private.
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Kelly Vaughn
@kvlly18 Jun 2022
Software engineering, a haiku: fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fu-oh hey it works wait, no - fuck fuck fuck
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AAAH I completely missed this because I was out all day yesterday and today. But what an amazing surprise to notice tonight. Thank you! and thanks @lisihocke ❤️
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Great thread here on definitions of productivity in software development
Laura Tacho 🌮 (@rhein_wein) profile pictureLaura Tacho 🌮@rhein_wein13 Jun 2022
We've all heard about (and rolled our eyes at) the out-of-touch software engineering manager: "Can we deliver faster by adding more people?" "I want to see more PR activity." But here's an interesting study on the definitions of productivity from managers and developers:
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