2. What does it mean to be a
Software Developer?
➔ Duties
➔ Responsibilities
➔ Skills
➔ Attitude
➔ Knowledge
➔ Principles
➔ Ethics
@carlosble
3. Nice to meet you!
➔ Developer
➔ Team member
➔ Mentor
➔ Entrepreneur
➔ Speaker
➔ Author
➔ Organiser
➔ 15 years developing software
➔ Farmer apprentice
➔ Cat shelter owner
@carlosble
4. So… English or Spanish?
CAS – Conferencia Agile Spain ...
@carlosble
WAT!?
5. As a developer I must speak English In order to
learn from the sources of knowledge
@carlosble
6. Why do software projects fail?
Building the right thing + Building things right
@carlosble
7. Back to the Agile Manifesto
➔ One goal was
to bridge the gap …
between
stakeholders
and IT people
between
managers
and developers
@carlosble
8. Professional Developer
➔ Junior: “Yay! I've written 5k lines of code myself this week!”
➔ Senior: “We've just deleted 5k lines of code! muhahaha!”
@carlosble
9. Step into others’ shoes
➔ What developer would you hire?
➔ What developer would you trust?
➔ Speak the language of the business
@carlosble@carlosble
10. Improve yourself
➔ The most powerful motivation comes from within.
➔ You are responsible for your own career.
➔ Write excellent software, give it your best effort
@carlosble@carlosble
