181: Normalcy Theater with Aaron Aldrich
May 6th, 2020 · 56 mins 7 secs
About this Episode
02:04 - Aaron’s Superpower: Relating to people on any level because he has so many hobbies!
- Useful in DevRel
- Ending Up in Unexpected Places
- Trying New Things and Nerding Out
06:42 - Everything Has a Technical Aspect
- Music vs Computer Programming
- Computer Systems as Sociotechnical Systems
10:37 - Connecting High-Performing Resilient Teams
- Common Ground Within Teams
- Recovering From Failure
- Failover Conf by Gremlin
14:14 - Implementing Purposeful/Intentional Communication
- Team vs Individual Work
- Ken Mugrage - Keynote Speaker | Everything I need to know about DevOps I learned in The Marines
- Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet
17:55 - Highlights from Failover Conf - (Videos not available)
19:45 - How did an actual virtual conference go since COVID-19?
- Slack Implementation
- Bots
- #Hallway-track channel
- Each Talk Had Its’ Own Q&A Channel
- Challenges
- People Interaction
- Breaktime
- Technical Difficulties
- Zoom Chat After the Conference
- Deserted Island DevOps
26:27 - The Impact of Having ADHD
- Advanced Forms of Coping Mechanisms
- Quality Time
- Struggling with ADHD During COVID-19
- Working From Home and Being Thrown Into Remote Work
- Juggling Meetings
- Maintaining Comradery
39:43 - Normalcy Theater: Maintaining a Sense That Everything is Fine (When It’s NOT.)
- Grief and Loss is Happening on a Global Level
- J. Paul Reed
- Shed Load
- Sacrificing Thoroughness: we are ALL overloaded
- Recruiting Resources
- Shifting Work and Time
- Showing Others Grace and Empathy
Reflections:
John: The idea of a software team plays at software just like a music group plays at instruments. (Twitter thread)
Carina: Everything has technical and human skills aspects.
Aaron: It’s okay to not be getting things done right now and to be taking the time that we need to take care of ourselves.
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