I'd be willing to talk on this since I've been straddling the manager/developer role for 10 years. I got suckered into leadership cause I was willing to talk to people :-)
Let me know what month you want me to do something (so I can put something together) On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Adam Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > Manager talk! DO IT! > > > ++++++1) *So, you've become a manager. Now what?* > > > - Adam > > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Nic Benders <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hey gang, >> >> I am coming down to LA RubyConf on the 4th, and the SD Ruby meeting is >> just a few days before that, so it would seem rude not to stop by. >> >> I left San Diego about a year-and-a-half ago to work for New Relic up in >> Portland and I want to give a little bit back to the fantastic SD Ruby >> community. So for starters New Relic will be happy to buy a few rounds at >> the pub after the meeting and I'll come loaded with plenty of trial codes >> and hopefully some shirts and other crap. >> >> But in addition, I'd like to present some of the things I've learned in >> the last 18 months. I have several things that I can think of that I'd >> like to talk about, but the question is, what do people want to hear about? >> Here are some possibilities, just let me know: >> >> 0) *WTF? How do you handle 1 million requests per minute on just 10 >> servers?* This would be a general technical talk about how we scaled >> our environment over the last four years, with emphasis on MySQL, data >> storage and Keep It Simple. I'll hit some quick Rails and Java points too, >> but mostly I'm thinking about performance architecture. >> >> 1) *So, you've become a manager. Now what?* It happens to a lot of >> us: you're doing a good job as an engineer, you've been around the company >> for a while, and BAM! you get "promoted". Well, it turns out that >> management isn't that different from engineering. Which is to say, you >> can't just expect that because you're smart you'll be good at it. Uniquely >> among companies that I have worked at, New Relic actually works on >> developing this skill set, so I'd like to pass on some of the things I've >> learned. I promise there won't be any company loyalty song or Six Sigma BS. >> >> 2) *I am a New Relic, ask me anything.* Hey, maybe you just want to >> know how the hell to get custom errors working in New Relic, what "IO >> Utilization" is in Server Monitoring, or why we're jamming your Twitter >> stream with "promoted tweets" all of a sudden. I'm more than happy to just >> answer random questions about our product or company. >> >> 3) *Just shut up already, etc.* >> >> I'll need a little bit of time to come prepared, so send your feedback >> and I'll iron out the details this week. Anyway, I'm definitely looking >> forward to the trip, I'll see you guys on Thursday the 2nd! >> >> -Nic Benders >> >> P.S. We are giving away a free pass to LA RubyConf if anyone still needs >> one, check our blog for details. >> - >> http://blog.newrelic.com/2012/01/25/want-to-go-to-la-ruby-conf-get-your-free-pass-here/ >> >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -- email: [email protected] -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
