Name: Measure or Miss: Why Metrics Matter in Software with Dan Roberts
Start: 2025-08-26T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-08-26T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Barclays Eagle Lab Liverpool

This month, we welcome back Dan Roberts to Liverpool, who will be presenting a topic on Measure or Miss: Why Metrics Matter in Software

**Talk**
If you don't know how to measure success, you are doomed to failure.

The possibilities with software are endless! So, how do you decide where to spend your limited resources to boost your return on investment? Dan shares stories about his team's work at Stack Overflow, and how they are trying their best to measure success, and work iteratively, rather than ploughing months into something that they were SURE was going to pay off.. which didn't. His team specialises in search technologies, so there will be talk about that, but hopefully it will be relatable to all!

**Food**

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**Schedule**

Doors open from 18:00

Pizza at 18:30

Intro and welcome 18:40

Speaker from 18:50

Close \~21:00 (Don't feel bad if you have to leave early for a train/bus/lift home - no one will be offended)

**Live Steam Link**
https://youtube.com/live/sh1I4jeGv9g?feature=share

**Travel**

Train - James Street station is a 2-minute walk from the Lab. Liverpool Lime Street is approx 15-20 minutes walking distance.

Driving - Underground parking available.

Bicycle - Cycle rack available.

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Hi, I'm Dan! I'm the technical lead of the team at Stack Overflow that is overhauling our search logic. I've been a C# developer for pushing twenty years now. I was a classic child geek and started programming in BASIC on an Amstrad when I was eight. 

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