Dave Thomas & Andy Hunt on the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer

Engineering Culture by InfoQ

• Episode: Dave Thomas & Andy Hunt on the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer
• Website: Engineering Culture by InfoQ
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• Duration: 00:24:37
• Published: 2019-09-02 03:20

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to David Thomas and Andrew Hunt about the 20th Anniversary edition of The Pragmatic Programmer. Why listen to this podcast: • The importance of curiosity and the mindset of “still figuring it out” • When you optimize, standardize and make things the same you crush any hope of getting it right • The real spirit of agility is about constantly monitoring what you are doing, constantly trying small changes and constantly getting feedback • The 20th Anniversary Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer was updated to be relevant for today’s context • Software developers are able to write the future – which comes with incredible responsibility • Software developers have the responsibility to use their best efforts to explore how their software will be used and how they will mitigate the potential bad uses of the products they build More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2LqaZAD You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Check the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2LqaZAD