[Baypiggies] Looking for a presenter for Thursday, Aug 26th

[jim]

it's great. i'll send it out in the re-announcement. 
bill's in charge of the web page. 


On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 10:45 -0700, Alex Martelli wrote:
> Here's a blurb, I hope it's about the right length...:
> 
> """
> Managing software development projects can benefit from some
> approaches that are rather different from most traditional management
> techniques. Software developers operate with their own particular
> mindset, culture and reward system. To motivate and inspire a top
> programming team, one type of ideal manager is a technical peer who
> can jump into the code and work hands-on, together with the
> developers, to solve thorny problems. Such technical involvement can
> keep a project moving forward and help the manager build credibility
> and trust within the team.
> 
> In this talk, Alex Martelli discusses some common management myths,
> and shares some immediately useful advice for anyone involved in
> managing software development projects.
> """
> 
> 
> Alex
> 
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:36 AM, William Deegan<bdbaddog at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Alex,
> >
> > Can you provide a small blurb about the Management Talk and I'll update the
> > website.
> >
> > -Bill
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 6:55 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>   the management talk seems the best choice for us,
> >> given our choices. if you confirm (some talk, any
> >> talk), you're on, with thanks and a free dinner for
> >> two (arrangements to be made some time in the future,
> >> possibly the next hour or two).
> >> jim
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 22:47 -0700, Alex Martelli wrote:
> >> > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Anna Ravenscroft<annaraven at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> > > Isn't a PyGame Week coming up? Can someone talk about that?
> >> > >
> >> > > Alex is willing to give his talk on technical management, if folks
> >> > > haven't seen that one.
> >> >
> >> > I'm happy to give a talk on any subject I haven't yet covered at
> >> > Baypiggies: the problem is only with finding out what subject I
> >> > _haven't_ done at BP yet!-)  I've been around the Bay Area for 4+
> >> > years and have spoken at BP quite often, after all;-).
> >> >
> >> > I do believe I've never given my "tech management" talk there, and
> >> > that's a deep one that I can spin in a bazillion ways, though not very
> >> > Python-specific. Have I done "dependency injection" at BP?  "Somewhat
> >> > Advanced Python" (bytecode disassembly, hacks &c)?  Code Reviews for
> >> > Fun and Profit?  Py3K?  etc, etc.
> >> >
> >> > Preparing a new from-scratch preso in 40 hours is a stretch (since I
> >> > do also have semi-emergencies going on at work), but tailoring any
> >> > existing one (on a subject I _haven't_ already covered at BP!!!-)
> >> > would be just fine.
> >> >
> >> > So can somebody pls let me know ASAP so I get off stackoverflow.com
> >> > (currently my biggest "free time" timesink;-) and switch to tailoring
> >> > a BP preso?  TIA!-)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Alex
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