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Being an Anti-Social Geek is harmful Hadi Hariri Developer & Technical Evangelist http://hadihariri.com http://twitter.com/hhariri Tuesday, April 23, 13 Antisocial personality disorder ( ASPD ) is ...characterized by "...a pervasive

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Being an Anti-Social Geek is harmful

Hadi Hariri Developer & Technical Evangelist http://hadihariri.com http://twitter.com/hhariri

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Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is ...characterized by "...a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.”

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How to get a talk with a unexciting title accepted by using a somewhat baiting

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Communication and Interaction

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Social sites make us more sociable

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Getting back to the Anti-Social Geek

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in our industry...

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“Communication is Key”

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“There are only two problems in software and it’s Communication”

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What are we doing to improve communication?

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Who are we communicating with?

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Are we comprehendible?

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Introverts

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Introverts Software Developers

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Introverts cannot communicate

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We are good at debates.

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We don’t back off a discussion until we prove our point.

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We hate small talk

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Having communication skills is important

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Lack of communication skills: side-effects

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Effects on the Team

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“Peter is a difficult person to have a conversation with”

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“Give Claire a problem and she’ll find you the best algorithm to solve it, but don’t try and debate with her”

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“Look, you need to understand,Steve is an awesome developer but he’s just hard to deal with”

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“Well that’s Greg for you. Really smart, but just ignore him.”

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Communication in a team should be flowing

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There should be no “fear” to communicate with team members

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Miscommunication causes friction

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Miscommunication causes frustration

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Frustration leads to anger

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http://andrewvos.com/2011/02/21/amount-of-profanity-in-git-commit-messages-per-programming-language/

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http://andrewvos.com/2011/02/21/amount-of-profanity-in-git-commit-messages-per-programming-language/

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Effects on the User Interface

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The Developer-User Mindset Impedance mismatch

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Effects on the Code

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Complexity in our code

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We strive for clean and simple code.

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How much is it our lack of ability to talk in a comprehendible and simple manner?

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Effects on Customers

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We don’t need the stupid customers

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I prefer not to deal with customers

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Customers make me nervous and frustrated

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I don’t have time to deal with feedback right now!

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Leads to customer disconnect.

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Are we developing what our customers need?

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Disconnecting developers from revenue is dangerous.

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What can we do?

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We need to learn to communicate.

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Communicate with people outside

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Small talk helps engage with people.

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We need to learn to back-off.

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We should not apply DRY.

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The other person is not stupid for not understanding you.

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We need to learn to LISTEN

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We need to deal with emotions

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Where is our empathy?

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..and apply these skills to all forms

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Written communication conveys no emotion.

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Be efficient.

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  • Underlining important things
  • Highlighting your main points in bold
  • Using different fonts and colors

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Learn to deal with team-mates.

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Learn to deal with customers.

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DO customer support!

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Pay attention to details.

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Take into account cultural differences.

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What the British say is not what they mean

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I hear what you’re saying

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He accepts my point of view!!!

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I disagree and do not want to discuss it any further

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With the greatest respect...

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He’s listening to me

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I think you’re an idiot

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That’s an original idea

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He likes it! He likes it!!!

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You must be insane!

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That’s not bad...

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He thinks it’s OK but I could do better

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That’s very good!

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What the British say What the British mean What the rest of the world understands I hear what you’re saying I disagree and do not want to discuss it any further He accepts my point of view With the greatest respect... I think you’re wrong, or an idiot She’s listening to me That’s not bad That’s bloody good That’s quite poor I would suggest... Do as I say... Think about the suggestion, but do as you like... Oh by the way... This is the primary purpose of our discussion... This isn’t all that relevant I was a bit disappointed... I am very upset It doesn’t really matter Very interesting I don’t agree They are impressed! We could consider some other

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I don’t like your idea They’ve not yet decided I’m sure it’s my fault It’s your bloody fault It was their fault That is an original point of view You must be crazy! They like my ideas!!! You must come for dinner sometime I’m just trying to be polite. This is not an invitation I should probably suggest a date... You’ll get there eventually You don’t have a chance in hell Keep on trying. You’ll make it I almost agree I completely disagree We’re close to an agreement

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It might be ok to say “you’re wrong” in your culture. Maybe not so in another culture.

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In summary...

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In summary...

  • Improving communication leads to healthier

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In summary...

  • Improving communication leads to healthier

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  • Leads to better understanding

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Talk to people. Communicate. Be Social. It’s OK.

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Talk to people. Communicate. Be Social. It’s OK.

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Thank you

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