Communication is Key with Jos van der Linden

11/19/19 • 33 min

In this episode I'm chatting with Jos van der Linden, a Programme Manager at Infocare Healthcare.
Jos and I talk about the stand-out attributes of a professional software developer. Agile methodologies and how deep a software developers knowledge should be. Teams and their skillsets and how teams with differing skillsets thrive. Communication methods and the downfall of some of those methods.
And with Jos being a Programme Manager we talk about estimations, planning and how reliable are those estimations.
Added to all this, Jos gives us a multitude of book recommendations and even one podcast recommendation!

The Tim Ferriss Show by Tim Ferriss
Getting Things Done by David Allen
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eli Goldratt.
Measure What Matters: OKRs by John Doerr
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
IT4IT Reference Architecture by The Open Group

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The Tim Ferriss Show by Tim Ferriss
Getting Things Done by David Allen
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eli Goldratt.
Measure What Matters: OKRs by John Doerr
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
IT4IT Reference Architecture by The Open Group

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Roger Heim wants the Passion

Welcome to Episode 4 of The Rules of Software Development. In this episode I'm chatting with Roger Heim, Mobile Engineering Manager in Verizon Media.
Roger and I talk about leading mobile teams and the challenges with two different engineering platforms. Roger is looking for engineers with a Passion for what they do and their chosen platform. We discuss how often mobile engineers can have a better understanding of the design principles for their chosen platform than some UX Designers.
We also talk about commit messaging, how to hand Pull Request updates, the value of ownership and collaboration across teams.
Roger gives us a great website and book recommendation.
Software Lead Weekly, is a weekly newsletter for leaders in software who care about people, culture and leadership.
Leading Snowflakes by Oren Ellenbogan, is an Engineering Managers Handbook which gives practical tools and techniques for programmers who want to lead.
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In this episode I'm chatting with Andrew Sunderland, an Engineering Manager at Ritual.co in Toronto, Canada.
Andrew and I talk about Software Craftsmanship, what that means, how it can be achieved, and what exactly does it give us. We discuss the importance of tests and testable code and how this affects handling legacy code. Andrew mentions that for successful legacy code refactoring, engineers should really read Working Effectively With Legacy Code by Michael Feathers.
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We also find out exactly what Andrew is looking for when hiring team members and touch on how important soft skills are in the engineering world.
Being an Uncle Bob fan, Andrew gives us a recommendation for his latest book release Clean Agile.
I hope you enjoy the show and Happy Christmas!!

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