How to survive and thrive in a BigCo
Submitted to TEQnation 2024 on . Rejected.
- Level
- Introductory and overview
- Length
- Ignite talk
- Track
- People & Culture
Abstract, as submitted
If you work at a small, cool company, you can skip this talk. The rest of us in large, slow moving companies that rely on meetings, email, and inbox 2,000 to get the daily work done need some therapy and advice for thriving in big, "dumb" companies. I've worked in such companies and figured out how to thrive in the "back to back meetings" world we're taught to avoid. I'll tell you my tactics: avoiding work by assigning work, the power of boring corporate PowerPoints, champions and mentors, and how to innovate in a BigCo.
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Notes to the CFP reviewers
Not part of the public abstract - this is what the program committee saw and the audience never does.
Thanks for taking the time to consider my talk! :)
I gave this talk a long time ago (7 years ago!), but I came back to this topic and did a bunch of new material for it this winter that's ready to present. It can be expanded to a longer talk as well.