Today’s developers are always sprinting—meetings, deadlines, and user stories leave little time for growth. Many companies don’t prioritize learning, leaving developers to improve on their own time. But what if practice was built into the workday?

My team embraces Learning Hours, where we code together and practice refactoring, TDD, clean code, and other technical practices. These interactive sessions boost morale, improve collaboration, and strengthen technical skills that lead to direct business impact.

In this talk, you’ll learn how to:

- make time for practice
- create a learning culture
- introduce Learning Hours
- use ensemble programming as a learning tool

Raleigh DevOpsDays 2024 - https://youtu.be/zBTggl1AcEU?si=iiVeO8xETC4DioS_