How to Cope with a Jason in the Workplace

[JasonWarrenUK]

Jason Warren

He, him, oi

Some Things to Know

Visual Guide to Good Workings

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Ideal Workflow

    graph TD;
    jason["Jason"];
    you["You"];
    good["A Good Time"]
    jason & you --> good;

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What is That Jason Doing?

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How I Get My Best Work Done

I'm a bit binary. I am either...

Mode	Description
Pretend Human	Super on-task, adhering to a well-worked-out list of priorities & issues whilst being being very efficient
Chaos Unmasked	Absolute "the fools at the laboratory thought I was mad, but I'll show them" mode. This is where my best ideas and my most searing catastrophes emanate from.

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Where You Will Find Me

The Roles I Usually Take

Technical Role

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• I gravitate towards the middle/back-end of the stack.
• I skew JavaScript rather than HTML/CSS

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Project/Meta Role

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I'm good at...

• ideation (the generation & expansion of ideas)
• turning ideas into action plans

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Support/Social Role

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• I can be a bit slow to passively take in social dynamics but, when I'm focussed on one person, I believe in having people's back.
• I happy supporting someone while they stand in the foreground
• As a former teacher/facilitator, I'm okay taking the public speaking bullet too

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My Communication Style

Softly-spoken & Velvet-voiced

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- Enthusiastic
- Completely oblivious to the tone of the room
- I assume people are trying and that they care
- My default position is that someone is struggling, not being "difficult", and I try to treat them accordingly

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BORED NOW

Work in Progress

• What I value:
• What people misunderstand about me:
• How I like to get my feedback:
• Technical strengths & weaknesses:
• Interests (programming or otherwise!)