Rules for Radical Cpp Engineers - Improve Your C++ Code, Team, & Organization

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Uses political-activism tactics (Saul Alinsky and Ella Baker style) to get technical change: concrete wording like speak their language and filing a formal proposal (e.g., “waste reduction initiative”) with back-of-envelope math that claims reduce dev expenditure by 15% in two years. Shows tools that work: straw‑polls (14 strongly in favor example), building a Bloomberg C++ Guild, pushing clang‑format as a beachhead, and leaving durable leadership so the group keeps working after initial leaders step back.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:46Coroutines Talks
3. 0:57David Sankel
4. 1:24Why this talk
5. 1:41Good practices
6. 2:24People have no idea
7. 2:35Two paths
8. 2:47First path
9. 3:14Political activism
10. 3:57Saul Alinsky
11. 4:58Rules for Radicals
12. 5:45Ella Joe Baker
13. 7:08Software Engineer
14. 7:55Save the Company
15. 8:09The Fantasy Zone
16. 9:35This has happened before
17. 9:46Lets talk about hippies
18. 10:23Pointless
19. 10:38Communication
20. 11:42Be Patient
21. 11:57Men dont like to step abruptly
22. 12:18Abrahams Value Semantics
23. 15:57Example
24. 18:29Rule 1 Speak Your Language
25. 19:12Bring People Along
26. 19:30Utilize Existing Structures
27. 20:34Democratic Process
28. 21:29Straw Pull
29. 22:06Straw Pull Example
30. 23:43Be Pragmatic
31. 23:53Never Forget This
32. 24:48Realistic Goals
33. 26:31Bloomberg C Guild
34. 28:12Otto van Bismarck
35. 28:39Evolving the Message
36. 28:57Cpp Interest Groups
37. 31:13Saul Alinsky Quote
38. 31:49Rule 5 Build Leadership
39. 32:00Strong People Dont Need Strong Leaders
40. 32:14Address Defeatist Apathy
41. 35:10Charles Payne
42. 35:47Ella Joe
43. 36:21Developing Leadership
44. 38:07Bloomberg Cpp Guild
45. 39:29Five Rules for Radical Engineers
46. 39:42C needs to change
47. 41:18Comments
48. 41:45Question
49. 43:40Exceptions
50. 45:04Less Apathy
51. 48:29Giving Up
52. 49:55Agent of Change
53. 51:10Diversity
54. 57:00Keep on fighting
55. 58:11Loud mouths

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