Practical Software Engineering

What does it take to be a BETTER software engineer?

Talk given at NUSHackers (2012) and PayPal (2013).

Transcript

1. Practical
   SOFTWARE Engineering
   

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2. Winston Teo
   @winstonyw
   Software Engineer @ NEO
   Presented by
   

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3. 2006
   IBM Singapore
   Wego.com
   Pivotal LabS Singapore
   2008 2011
   NUS
   

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4. 2006
   IBM Singapore
   Wego.com
   { New Context }
   2008 2011
   NUS
   

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5. 2006
   IBM Singapore
   Wego.com
   Neo
   2008 2011
   NUS
   

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8. A BETTER
   SOFTWARE ENGINEER
   WHAT MAKES YOU
   

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9. Attitudes
   Attributes
   And
   

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10. care about
    YOUR USERS
    

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11. YOUR PRODUCT
    care about
    

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12. YOUR TEAM
    care about
    

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13. YOUR CODE
    care about
    

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14. YOUR CODE
    DON’T OWN
    

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15. YOUR CODE
    TEST
    

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16. COMMUNICATE
    Effectively
    

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17. Simplicity
    OVER
    complexity
    

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18. PRAGMATISM
    OVER
    Perfection
    

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19. GTD
    

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20. • CARE ABOUT YOUR USERS
    • CARE ABOUT YOUR PRODUCT
    • CARE ABOUT YOUR TEAM
    • CARE ABOUT YOUR CODE
    • DON’T OWN YOUR CODE
    • TEST YOUR CODE
    • COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY
    • SIMPLICITY OVER COMPLEXITY
    • PRAGMATISM OVER PERFECTION
    • GTD
    ATTITUDES ATTRIBUTES
    

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21. Get
    There
    How To
    

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22. PURPOSE
    

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23. MASTERY
    

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24. FEEDBACK
    

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25. reflect
    

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26. QUESTIONS
    

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27. REDDOTRUBYCONF.COM
    7-8 JUNE 2013
    

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28. THANK YOU
    

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