Building Distributed Systems in Distributed Teams

A presentation at GDG DevFest Pisa in April 2019 in Pisa, Province of Pisa, Italy by Philipp Krenn

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Building DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS in DISTRIBUTED TEAMS Philipp Krenn @xeraa

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Who is working from HOME?

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Who is working from a COWORKING SPACE?

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Who is working from an OFFICE?

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Who can work from home for 1 DAY / WEEK?

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DEVELOPER

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CLUSTER

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UNSTRUCTURED, DISTRIBUTED, DIVERSE

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1400 ELASTICIANS +

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37 COUNTRIES + 30 LANGUAGES + +19 TIME ZONES 16 OFFICES

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Distributed By Design

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DISTRIBUTED NOT REMOTE

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X-SCHOOL

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ALWAYS ON

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(CROSS) TEAM TIME BUGPOOL, FIXITFRIDAY, OFFICE HOURS,…

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RELEASE PARTY

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PROCESS PER TEAM

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COMPANY ALL HANDS ENGINEERING ALL HANDS

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Values

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ELASTICSEARCH TEAM DEVELOPMENT CONSTITUTION https://github.com/elastic/engineering/blob/master/development_constitution.md

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TECH PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION

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TECH DESIGN FOR TODAY! USE ABSTRACTIONS WITH CARE

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TECH REMOVE FIRST, FIX LATER

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PEOPLE BE KIND

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PEOPLE EMPATHY FOR PASSION

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PEOPLE REPORT ABUSIVE COMMENTS

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MY EXPERIENCE

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DO THE RIGHT THING

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YOU VOLUNTEER

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SOMETIMES YOU ARE VOLUNTOLD

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COMMUNICATION IS OPEN & PUBLIC

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Downsides

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SHARE THE PAIN OF TIMEZONES

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COMMUNICATION CAN FAIL

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CULTURES ARE DIFFERENT

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DECISIONS CAN DRAG

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Day

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CRAZY

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FLEXIBLE

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TRADITIONAL

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Tools

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SYNC

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ASYNC

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Hiring

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OH: It’s not “hard” skills vs “soft” skills - its “technical” vs “professional” skills. — https://twitter.com/freakboy3742/status/907032201497255942

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AGE, GENDER, LOCATION, RACE,… IS JUST AN ATTRIBUTE

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30,000 CV + PER QUARTER

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500 TO 600: 5M 600 TO 700: 3M 700 TO 800: 2M

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Numbers

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INDICATOR ARRIVALS: 130 DEPARTURES: 9

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Conclusion

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Who wants to work from AN OFFICE?

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Who wants to work from HOME?

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NO GOING BACK

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QUESTIONS? Philipp Krenn @xeraa