Empathy is Code Deep

Keynote from Agile Cambridge 2018 exploring the idea that empathy for our co-workers in software development extends through the artifacts we share among us.

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1. Empathy is Code Deep Michael Feathers R7K Research & Conveyance
19. It’s okay to have feelings about things
20. It’s okay to have feelings about code
24. How does the visual sense relate to software?
28. **ptr++
37. WTH ??
41. fac n = if n == 0 then 1 else n * fac (n-1)
42. fac n = product [1..n]
43. (. map) . (.) . filter
44. Why?
46. people > code
47. code > people
48. code && people
53. Code is a way you treat your coworkers
54. We interact through the things that we make
55. http://r7krecon.com