Putting Fun Back into Coding

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Organizes a 25‑person, 5‑day sprint dubbed web cohesion week to unify three separate codebases with 13 stakeholders, shipping visible cohesion while working 9–5 (no crunch) and boosting morale, trust, and ownership. Shows concrete hobby projects like eslint reply guy and a site‑link “honk” goose injector that teach static analysis, DOM control, physics animation and real‑time event handling. Argues that small playful builds lead to transferable skills, better learning retention, and more opportunities for fun professional work.

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1. 0:00Introduction and speaker background
2. 1:35Why work should be fun
3. 6:14Steps to a good tech career
4. 8:42Defining fun in a professional context
5. 11:10Case study: Web cohesion week
6. 15:44Getting fun projects without being a VP
7. 17:49Building silly projects for fun and career
8. 22:26Lessons learned from silly projects
9. 24:54Career path unlocked by fun projects
10. 25:56Final thoughts and call to action

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