From my point of view, attitude is the essence of the Software Craftsman. Knowledge and skills can be acquired working hard. Attitude, nevertheless, is a new way of thinking and act day by day. In this presentation I list the Software Craftsman attitude based on my personal understanding and experience.

1. Be a better developer
Diego Lemos
@dlresende

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so excited
to start a
new project
brand new
technologies,
projects,
challenges… so
many things to
learn
Before joining a new project...

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...after joining a new project
this
codebase is
a mess
we lack tests,
design, new
technology,
automation...
there are bugs
everywhere and
users are not
happy

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Some weeks later
I’m going to
leave this
project
I’m going to
find a
better one

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so excited
to start a
new project
brand new
technologies,
projects,
challenges… so
many things to
learn
Before joining a new project...

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9. Today, everyone is doing agile development
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http://coach-agile.com/tag/cloud/

13. We do agile development, but it still doesn't work
Add new features still come with high cost
Clients still complain about lack of quality (bugs)
Teams still struggle to deliver frequently into production
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14. Agile development is about values
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http://www.infoq.com/fr/articles/change-practices-principles-values

17. Agile Manifesto don’t mention technical
aspects
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20. What is Software Craftsmanship?
“Software Craftsmanship is all about putting responsibility, professionalism,
pragmatism and pride back into software development.”
Sandro Mancuso
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attitude
skills
knowledge

22. Software Crafts(wo)men’s attitude
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23. Be professional
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27. Programming by coincidence
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28. “Do your part.”
Herbert José de Sousa (Betinho)

29. Take responsibility
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30. Master your tools
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33. Say NO whenever necessary
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34. Waterfall x Agile
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deadline quality

35. Own your career
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36. If your client don’t want to listen you, find another one

37. Practice, practice, practice
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43. Keep things simple
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44. Accidental complexity
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45. https://xkcd.com/974/
The General Problem… YAGNI!

47. Keep learning
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49. Share what you know
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51. Favor collective interest
over your personal interests
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53. Be humble
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55. Raise the bar
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58. Don’t be a boiled frog
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59. Stone soup

60. Always leave the campground cleaner than
you found it
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62. Be proud of your work
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63. Conclusion
The perfect project, with perfect people, with perfect technology doesn’t exist
Try your best to make things better in your current project
If you can’t for some reason, move on
Improve your knowledge and skills all the way long
Adopt the Craftsman attitude
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64. Read
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65. To go further on this
https://video.umontpellier.fr/agile-tour-2011-a-lum2-jean-laurent-de-morlhon-
software-craftsmanship-en-pratique/
https://www.parleys.com/tutorial/software-craftsmanship
http://www.infoq.com/presentations/craftmanship-ethics
http://tpierrain.blogspot.fr/2014/08/raising-bar.html
http://www.infoq.com/presentations/craftmanship-ethics
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66. Thank you
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67. Questions ?
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