Online: Title: 14 Things You Need To Be A Successful Developer

Title: 14 Things You Need To Be A Successful Developer

As we passed 140 years of software development, you would think the path to success has been worked out, documented, taught, and largely understood and yet, most software is late, over budget, or full of bugs (sometimes all three). This talk is not about the new Wizz-bang tech that will change your life by solving the issues in software development and only cost you a monthly subscription to your favourite tech company, rather this talk is focused on the only thing that you have control to change, YOURSELF. Join Robert as he will share 14 rules for being successful in software development, a talk he wished he had gotten over 20 years ago.

Facilitator: Robert MacLean

Robert is a veteran software engineer based in Cape Town, South Africa. He has led software teams at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft and built some of the largest systems for customers in South Africa. Currently, he works at Equal Experts as the Technology Lead, helping development teams and customers deliver true value. Robert is also a director of the largest non-profit community for software engineer education in South Africa and is the founder of DevConf, the largest community conference for software engineers in South Africa. Outside of work, Robert owns over 100 board games and prefers to spend his time hiking with his dogs or playing Xbox with his son.

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