Want to make a change? Stop talking and start listening
summary
Argues that winning change hinges on mapping others’ incentives and building trust through small, measurable steps rather than lecturing. Recommends concrete tactics: set up CI and automated tests, timebox experiments, offer code-review touchpoints, and phase a Kotlin migration from “one file” to full rewrite. Cites a team breaking master six times a week costing 30–60 minutes per fix, and urges start small and measure to prove value and de‑risk proposals.
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chapters (57)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:40Start
- 1:15What is Yelp
- 1:52The problem
- 2:36Warning
- 2:58A frame of reference
- 3:10Lets get started
- 3:28Empathy
- 3:56Incentives
- 4:32Individual group incentives
- 5:19Android Developer Conference
- 9:32When I do it
- 9:55Concrete example
- 10:17Pay down technical debt
- 10:50Deliver customer value
- 11:18Paying down technical debt
- 11:40What are the incentives for product owners
- 11:55What are the incentives for product managers
- 12:11Take a step back
- 12:46What if
- 13:33Be curious
- 14:18Read lots
- 14:50Learn about other stakeholders
- 16:17Building trust
- 17:51Start with small changes
- 18:16Try out changes in tests
- 18:33Pay off technical debt
- 18:52Rewrite the app
- 19:06Magic phrase
- 20:02Touch points
- 20:35First code review
- 20:51Design document
- 21:24Design review
- 21:40Have a plan
- 22:42Example
- 22:53First milestone
- 23:11Paying down some risk
- 23:28Testing
- 23:41Migrating
- 24:08Helping others
- 25:58Not always right
- 26:58Consider other perspectives
- 27:22Continuous integration
- 27:42Doublecheck incentives
- 28:13Build trust
- 29:07Understand incentives
- 29:55Educate
- 30:23CI
- 30:55Execution
- 31:12Measure success
- 32:28Write tests
- 32:52Gather feedback
- 33:07Highlevel group incentives
- 33:35Finalize the plan
- 33:54Take 3 things home
- 34:27External links
- 35:27Questions
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