### The Way of DOC

To build an effective systems research group, it's essential to develop a culture that is supportive to software development and software system researchers and developers. The following are some of the key precepts that underly the culture of the DOC research group:

- Work hard
- Have fun
- Be creative
- Be curious
- Be extreme
- Learn new skills
- Teach your skills to others
- Value the contributions of team members
- Write papers
- Read papers
- Give presentations
- Be responsive to ACE/TAO users questions and issues
- Act now, rather than later
- Accept responsibility
- Delegate responsibility
- Play chess
- Play chess after being awake all night
- Make paper airplanes
- Drink Nestea
- Watch South Park
- Juggle and bounce balls
- Play ping-pong
- Swear under your breath at C++
- Fix at least two bugs every day
- Create at least one bug every day (and then fix it ;-))
- Fix your own bugs
- Swear at other people's bugs.... but also fix them
- Resist the temptation to express "code rage"
- Resist the temptation to become demotivated
- Go ballroom dancing
- Drive Corvettes
- Move one step closer to world domination every day (Ein Schritt naeher zur Weltbeherrschung).