2024-09-24 –, Grand Ballroom III
Let's work better together! Positive asynchronous working relationships have always been a core feature of what makes Django successful. Let's examine some of our hard-earned institutional knowledge in order to foster lasting positive working relationships with clients, stakeholders, and coworkers.
Positive asynchronous working relationships have always been a core feature of what makes Django successful. Many of us have spent our careers working asynchronously across International borders and timezones, but it's new to many of our clients, employers, and project stakeholders.
In this talk, I'd like to discuss an important ingredient of successful asynchronous work: clear, concise communication. We'll discuss the importance of establishing clear boundaries and expectations early and often. We'll learn how to write excellent issues and pull requests, and how to tailor your writing to various audiences and purposes that arise in every project. We'll talk about when scheduling a meeting is actually a good idea, and how to communicate your successes, status reports, and blockers to those who need to know.
Clear communication is the key to good working relationships. Good working relationships make for happier, more productive teams, healthier work/life balance, and ultimately optimized profits and delivery. Let's work better together!
Kasey is Director of UX at Lincoln Loop, where he has worked since in 2016. With a work history and education in traditional Graphic Design, he's most at-home building flexible design systems that breathe personality into marketing/CMS projects and software products alike.
Kasey has worked with Django since 2007, when he started a small web agency in Ohio with his brother. He's been writing CSS long enough to remember getting excited about rounded corners in Firefox 2.0 and wrestling Internet Explorer 6 to submission. When he's not working, he's equally at home cooking for friends, drawing with his two girls, or playing his guitar.