In 2016, I joined a team that practiced mob programming - in a large, complex, financial-services environment.

Mob programming takes collaboration to a whole new level by having a single team around one keyboard and one screen, all working on the same problem - together. This challenges one of the biggest myths in IT - that programmers are simply typists. Programmers are problem-solvers, and it's easier to solve problems when you put many heads together.

This talk is about my journey from a solo developer (in a team, but working alone) to a mob programming (still in a team, but working with everyone else).

We'll unpack the benefits and the drawbacks of mob programming, the learning opportunities that it brings, the changes that it requires in team culture, the difficulties of getting external stakeholders to buy into it, and the mindset that it requires.

I wrote an article on mob programming for the South African OfferZen Source blog, available here: https://www.offerzen.com/blog/mob-programming-memoirs-agile-collaboration-on-steroids. The talk is brand new, but the content will draw from the same experiences.