Episode 42: Hacking Difficult People

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/2806034569" title="1991ish - Clint - Wooodbridge High - Mr. Linz&#x27;s physics class - funny face - look at all the preppy people - 0454 by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL), on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3296/2806034569_356e265d8d_b.jpg" width="1024" height="549" alt="1991ish - Clint - Wooodbridge High - Mr. Linz&#x27;s physics class - funny face - look at all the preppy people - 0454"></a></p> <p>For episode 42 we are blessed by the wonderful and talented <a href="http://twitter.com/lxt">Laura Thomson</a>, Senior Engineering Manager at Mozilla. Laura drops science on managing engineers, Minimum Viable Bureaucracy, HHVM and Hack, and her mid-Atlantic coast accent. <strong>This is a must-listen for folks who manage tech teams</strong>.</p> <ul> <li>Check out our sponsors, <a href="http://www.engineyard.com/">Engine Yard</a> and <a href="https://wondernetwork.com/">WonderNetwork</a></li> <li>Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/dev_hell">here</a>.</li> <li>Rate us on iTunes <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-hell/id489840699">here</a></li> </ul> <h3>Listen</h3> <iframe frameborder='0' height='200px' scrolling='no' seamless src='https://embed.simplecast.com/35302?color=f5f5f5' width='100%'></iframe> <p><a href="http://audio.simplecast.com/35302.mp3" rel="enclosure">Download now (MP3, 34.5MB, 1:17:38)</a></p> <h2>Links and Notes</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/trinkle/RCS/">RCS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321833899/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0321833899&linkCode=as2&tag=funkatroncom-20">PHP and MySQL Web Development (5th Edition)</a></li> <li>Minimum Viable Bureaucracy: <a href="https://air.mozilla.org/minimum-viable-bureaucracy/">Video</a>, <a href="https://speakerdeck.com/lauraxt/minimum-viable-bureaucracy">Slides</a></li> <li><a href="http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/hist_texts/structurelessness.html">The Tyranny of Structurelessness</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.develop-online.net/news/valve-s-perfect-hiring-hierarchy-has-hidden-management-clique-like-high-school/0115316">Jeri Ellsworth leaving Steam</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/SaraMG">Sara Golemon (is awesome)</a></li> <li><a href="http://hhvm.com">HHVM blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://hacklang.org">Hack for HHVM</a></li> <li><a href="http://coffeescript.org/">Coffeescript</a></li> <li><a href="http://golang.org">Go</a></li> <li><a href="http://ilikekillnerds.com/2013/07/so-ellislab-is-looking-for-a-new-owner-for-codeigniter/">CodeIgniter seeking a new home</a></li> </ul>