Developer 2.0

Developer 2.0 Finding Your Way in the Future of Software Development Harry Pierson Microsoft Architecture Strategy Team Harry.Pierson@Microsoft.com patterns & practices Summit

The software development market has fundamentally changed

You have to compete against a world-wide market of developers

Highly-valued skills have become a low-priced commodity

Developing the right skills will let you to stay competitive

Focus on architecture so your career can thrive

Understand the business context in which your technical solution lives

IT solutions exist solely to support the business

Information technology is creating new business models

Business understanding can’t be easily outsourced

Get inside the mind of your users

Improving the user experience has been under-funded

Users are the primary source of value for the business

User understanding can’t be easily outsourced

Concentrate on raising the level of abstraction

There’s a large gap between platform capabilities and business need

Bridging that gap requires more than technology skills

Automation understanding can’t be easily outsourced

Can you remain competitive in the new software economy?

Highly-valued skills have become a low-priced commodity

Developing the right skills will let you to stay competitive

Find your way in the future of software development

Make architecture the next step in your career

Developer 2.0

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