1st ExpertTalks in Porto: TDD, Back to Basics + Remote Control

ExpertTalks are coming to Porto for the first ever edition in the city. We will be presenting two talks, described below.

TDD, BACK TO BASICS

When you are doing something for a while and it becomes mechanical...what happens? What should you do about it? A journey into my TDD usage and how we tend to turn our brain off when we repeat a task…

Bruno Santos, Equal Experts
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruno-santos-03b8a32a/
Bruno Santos is a Software Developer @ Equal Experts. Working in Software Development for more than 10 years in various industries. Self defined as a Full Stack Developer, is interested in the improvement of teams’ synergies and software quality as a whole.

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REMOTE CONTROL: THE ART OF DOING EVERYTHING FROM THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

Ever wanted to be able to work fully remote but never had the time to understand what needs to happen for that to work seamlessly?
In this talk we are going to share our experience of working in an agile environment with remote teams for the past 3 years (different projects in several countries), explaining the steps that need to be done in order to have a fully functional team, pitfalls to avoid and tips and tricks in order for you to be able to try it in your team.

Learning Outcomes:

• How to have a team work remote [tools and meetings (SUs, Retros, …)];
• Understand Remote vs WFH;
• Understand Remote Friendly vs Distributed Teams;
• Tips and tricks on how to engage with remote teams and people;
• Tips and tricks on how to work remotely;
• How to deal with people working in different time zones.

João Santos, Equal Experts
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joão-santos-381b3a56/
João Santos is a Software Developer @ Equal Experts. Doing Software Development as a Full Stack Developer for 7 years in multiple industries. Agile enthusiast, focused on delivery quality, good team spirits and dynamics.

Nuno Silva Pereira, Equal Experts
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nunosilvapereira/
Nuno Silva Pereira is a Delivery Lead @ Equal Experts working on projects in different geographies and industries. He has worked for more than 14 years within IT and Telco’s (Sapo, Portugal Telecom, Nos). He is a member of Agile Connect and co-organizer of the Agile Connect Lisbon Meetup. Speaker at Pixels Camp on the last 2 editions.

About the Venue @ Porto i/o Santa Catarina (cowork@porto.io.com): Porto i/o has 4 coworking hubs in Porto.
Bringing the wonder of tech into the heart of the city, Porto i/o is the space for coworking, community, socializing, events or even just for coffee. All things digital can be found there so if you’re a techie, digital creative or techpreneur, Porto i/o is the space for you to flourish in.