Ulrika Malmgren
Tech & Team Power
Stockholm, Sweden
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Software generalist. Or Test specialist turned Agile Coach turned Programmer. Loves exploring the field of Software Development from different perspectives to uncover the mechanisms at play in between technologies or humans (or technologies and humans).
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The one with the compiler always wins
The programmer holds the power in the team. The ux designer, the product owner, the manager, the tester, the agile coach and others can try their best to influence outcomes but it doesn’t matter if the programmer is not on board. Only the programmer decides which if-statements get written and how long it will take. Without the programmer, there is no software. Without the software, there is no company.
But as the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility. One of those responsibilities is to acknowledge this power and use it for good. Good for the human beings working with you, good for the company, good for your own health and good for society.
Half a decade of mob programming
How many things have you done every single work day for 5 years straight? Mob programming has been in my team’s life as naturally as coffee breaks, weekly department meetings and git push. Javascript frameworks have come and gone, but we’re still mobbing. For the first two years, in person at the office and after that remotely.
Some of the benefits for our team have been knowledge sharing, high quality work and having fun together. While working in the mob, our decisions are better than our individual ones, we are more likely to prioritize continuous improvement and we take advantage of each other’s strengths. We have had our conflicts and our problems, but we still prefer this way of working over anything else..
In this talk, I’ll share my experiences from working together as a team on the same code every day. If you’re curious about what that could look like, come to hear that story. If you’ve tried it yourself but are not convinced, this talk will give you some tips to be able to move past those obstacles. Regardless of whether you’re interested in adding some mob sessions or doing it full time, come to this session to get some insights on what successful mob programming can look like.
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