IT and Engineers who are building new things

#tedee_itmedia Hiro Yoshioka, Technical Managing Officer, Rakuten, Inc. 9th of March, 2013

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Agenda

•  Self Introduction •  IT and Engineers

– Moore’s Law – Brooks’ Law – Hacker Ethics

•  How to become a specialist

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/recruit/engineer/hackermind.html

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Self Introduction

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•  Hiro  Yoshioka  –  Technical  Managing  Officer  –  Empowering  DU  Sec;on  –  Development  Unit,  Rakuten  –  Community    

•  YLUG  (Yokohama  Linux  Users    Group),  Kernel  Code  Reading  Party  

•  勉強会勉強会  –  TwiKer:  @hyoshiok  –  DEBUG  HACKS,  2009,    

ISBN9784873114040  

http://japan.zdnet.com/image/l/storage/35012872/storage/2012/01/06/9a2ed16c690d85ce041e1b97fc5ab494/120106_yoshioka01_800x600.jpg

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IT changes everything

•  Information Technology and Internet change the World – The World is Flat.

•  Hardware and Software development

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/recruit/engineer/hackermind.html

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Moore’s Law

hKp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law  

•  Computers  are  ge^ng  cheaper  and  faster    Transistor  is  double  every  18  to  24  months  

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The Mythical Man-Month

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/The-Mythical-Man-Month-Essays/book-5XViaJPL_UeFtLEagIcF9A/page1.html

Frederick Brooks, JR. Brooks’ Law "adding manpower to a late software project makes it later"

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Human Centric

•  Engineers make Software. – Computers are getting cheaper by Moor’s law – Software Development is governed by

Brooks’s law. •  Hackers make the Internet.

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Hacker Ethic

•  Access  to  computers—and  anything  which  might  teach  you  something  about  the  way  the  world  works—should  be  unlimited  and  total.  Always  yield  to  the  Hands-­‐On  Impera;ve  

•  All  informa;on  should  be  free  •  Mistrust  authority  —  promote  decentraliza;on  •  Hackers  should  be  judged  by  their  hacking,  not  criteria  

such  as  degrees,  age,  race,  sex,  or  posi;on  •  You  can  create  art  and  beauty  on  a  computer  •  Computers  can  change  your  life  for  the  beKer  •  hKp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic  •  hKp://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/487593100X/  

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The Hacker Way (Facebook)

•  Code wins arguments •  Continuous Improvement and Iteration •  Open and Meritocratic •  Hackathon •  Bootcamp •  http://www.wired.com/business/

2012/02/zuck-letter/

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•  Demo or Die (No Power Point) •  Pizza and Beer

at Yammer, 10/28/’12

Hackathon

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Talent Traffic

hKp://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonoberholtzer/2011/06/09/job-­‐migra;on-­‐talent-­‐traffic/  

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IT industry shares the sense of value

•  Hacker Mind •  Best practices •  Can we join the inner circle?

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How to be a good Engineer(professional)?

•  How to become a hacker/professional –  http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html –  http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

•  Learn how to learn –  Learning Pattern

http://learningpatterns.sfc.keio.ac.jp/

•  knowledge is less important than skill •  Lifetime learner

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more than 300 meetings a month

id:hanazukin and her friends are compiling the calendar

IT勉強会カレンダー

Meetups, Workshops, Study Sessions

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English?

•  Internet :- English •  Information gap; English >> Japanese •  Speed; English >> Japanese

Oct. 26th (Sat)

Rakuten Technology Conference 2013

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Your Actions

•  How do you become a hacker/professional? •  How do you join the inner circle? •  How do you learn how to learn?

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Q & A

Yoshioka