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In the presentation titled 'Sustainably Awesome: How to Build a Team' at the LoneStarRuby Conf 2010, speakers Jim Remsik and Les Hill share insights from their experiences at Hashrocket, focusing on how to create and maintain a successful development team. They highlight the importance of fostering a positive team culture and offer practical strategies for achieving sustainable productivity.

Key points discussed include:  
  - **Hiring the Right People**: Emphasizing the necessity of selecting candidates based on measurable criteria, fit with company culture, and their ability to contribute effectively to the team.  
  - **Openness and Transparency**: Discussing how these values cultivate trust and engagement among team members, leading to better collaboration and results.  
  - **Agility and Discipline**: Reinforcing that agile methodologies require practice and discipline while allowing for flexibility and adaptability.  
  - **Environment and Culture**: Stressing the significance of a comfortable office environment and maintaining a flat organizational structure to uphold accessibility and communication.  
  - **Commitment to Sustainable Pace**: Highlighting Hashrocket's approach of maintaining a sustainable work pace, limiting meetings, and prioritizing productivity without sacrificing team morale.  
  - **Learning from Mistakes**: Sharing anecdotes about encounters with challenges, such as accidental data loss, and the lessons learned about the importance of autonomy and trust in developer capabilities.  
  - **Community Engagement**: Encouraging team participation and contribution to the Ruby community, which provides essential perspectives and growth opportunities.  
  - **Use of Tools**: Describing the transition from physical to digital tools, like Pivotal Tracker, to improve project tracking and communication.

Significant examples used in these discussions include:  
- The experience of helping a client develop a minimum viable product (MVP) under pressure, which emphasizes the value of trust and agile methodologies in delivering quality work.  
- Anecdotes from Hashrocket’s early processes with story cards evolving into a more structured format through tools like Pivotal Tracker, demonstrating their iterative improvement journey.

The conclusions from the talk underline the necessity of:  
- Hiring intelligent, effective individuals who align with the company’s cultural values.  
- Creating an environment that promotes trust, creativity, and collective growth.  
- Focusing on continuous evaluation and adaptation of methodologies to foster an engaged and productive team.

Overall, the speakers advocate for a deliberate approach in team-building that respects individual contributions while emphasizing teamwork and cultural fit to achieve sustainable success.

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