#techsafety

At LKNA13 in Chicago this year I listened to @JoshuaKerievsky talk about #techsafety.

He made me think about quite a few aspects of safety and injuries for a programmer. Here’s a few quotes and elements:

  • safety on team (ref own dev competence)
  • «working with CVS is hurting my soul.»
  • safe from uncertain work situation
  • safe to deploy – bugs, crash
  • safe from pressure – politics, policies
  • Emotional Injuries: Schedule Stress, Lost Respect, Fear of Failure, Torn Trust, etc

What’s interesting is his claim that having #techsafety as a primary value would be profitable and produce outstanding results. I think I buy into that, even if he hasn’t had time to prove it yet with his own company, @IndustrialLogic.

A few twitter notes from the session.

Edit: Joshua have written on #techsafety himself: