Agile
Presentations
Optimizing Yourself: Neurodiversity in Tech
The difference between a programmer and a software engineer is their understanding of soft skills. The problem many of us face is that as members of neurodiverse communities, we must find different ways to build these skills. In this session, Elizabeth will talk about the issues she has...
Six Things I've Learned as a Manager I Wish I Knew Before
I am a software developer with almost 15 years of experience. But I also was an engineering manager for 3+ years. And you know what? While being a manager I've learned some things I wish I knew in the beginning of my career. When you are a developer, it may seem that writing good code...
[CANCELLED] Balancing Priorities: Revenue Generation vs. Revenue Protection
Does the delivery of new features routinely take precedence over fixing technical debt at your company? Revenue protection work is like a poster child for the objectionable, “not in my project” response from project managers. An important constituent when it comes to maintaining a...
Microcultures and Finding Your Place
If you've worked for more than one company in your career, you know that culture can vary from one company to the next. If you move from one team to another team within the same company, you may have observed that different teams within the same company have different cultures. Why is that,...
The Focusing Illusion of Developer Productivity
Motivated, productive, happy employees that have a sense of ownership in their work are crucial for organizational success. Traditional theories on creating motivation and incentive structures assume that performance is assessable. What do you do when both performance and ownership are ambiguous,...
Optimizing You Panel: Path to Awesomeness
The panelist discuss their own choices and events from personal histories that propelled their careers, improved their circumstances, and generally helped them achieve awesomeness in one or more areas of their lives. Come listen to the group and get inspired on your path as well.
Interviews
Optimizing Yourself: Neurodiversity in Tech
What are your goals for the talk?
My goal is to make it clear that soft skills mater for everyone. Then to share some tips and tricks to help grow your soft skills as an individual that may not see these skills as default.
Read Full InterviewEvolutionary Architecture as Product @ CircleCI
What are your goals for the talk?
The goal of the talk is to impress upon people the relationship between their industry and the product they're offering, and the way in which they choose to build their software. As we grow as engineers and leaders, there becomes a stronger connection between the work that we do every day from a technical perspective and the...
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