Keynote for WiCHacks RIT 2018

1. How Hackathons
are like Real Life
Toria Gibbs
Senior Software Engineer @ Etsy
@scarletdrive

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4. 4 FUNTIMESUSA.etsy.com

5. How Hackathons
are like Real Life
People
Form a team
Process
Organize, communicate
Purpose
Learn, grow, and celebrate!

6. By Matt Reedy
DenofApathyPrints.etsy.com6

7. Project
Manager
Product
Manager
People
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Designer
1 2 3

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By Gord Richard
MinifiguresandMore.etsy.com
Designers
● Creative vision
● Consistent brand

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Design Teams
● Central brand team:
logo, marketing, etc.
● Distributed product
design team: look and
feel of user interfaces

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By Wendy Tucci Stafford
TuccibellaArts.etsy.com

11. 11 Earmark.etsy.com
Product Managers
● Know the product
● Guide the product
development

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By Christopher Brown
ArtOfThePage.etsy.com

13. 13 ThePaperandInkCo.etsy.com
Project Managers
● Organize the team
● Facilitate
communication
● Remove blockers

14. Process

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Prioritize ExecuteBreak it down

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Photo via http://www.hexacta.com/2017/08/14/agile-management-5-scrum-myths-to-see-closely/

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By Holly Renee
Shenova.etsy.com
0 Simple task, investigation
1 Minimal effort, no complexity
2 Some effort and complexity
3 Moderate complexity, possibly some unknowns
5 High complexity, a few unknowns
8 High complexity, high effort
13 High complexity and effort, many critical unknowns

18. Principles of Agile Development
• Early and continuous delivery of software (i.e. build the minimum viable product, then iterate)
• Close, frequent cooperation between business (product managers) and developers
• Accept and welcome changing requirements
• Reflect often, adjust accordingly
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Paraphrased from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development#The_Manifesto_for_Agile_Software_Development

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#twinning with Zhi-Da
Pair programming with
Gregg’s daughter

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21. Purpose

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● Learning
● Growth
● Celebration!
Why are we here?
pinklinendesigns.etsy.com

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By Olivia Lin
Atiliay.etsy.com

24. etsy.com/people/toriagibbs/favorites/wtf

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By Cecilia Boettcher
PacificTieCompany.etsy.com

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By Kate Wong
StripedCatStudio.etsy.com

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Read more: codeascraft.com/2012/05/22/blameless-postmortems
0 test failures
0 test failures
8 test failures
8 test failures

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By Monica Ditsworth
ratboneskinny.etsy.com

30. How Hackathons
are like Real Life
People
Form a team
Process
Organize, communicate
Purpose
Learn, grow, and celebrate!

31. Find me on Twitter for a link to these slides
or just to be friends or whatever
@scarletdrive
Thanks!