S01E02 - Getting Personal About Software Development - Rikard Ottosson

Summary

In this conversation, Dave and Rikard discuss various topics related to personal struggles, changes in the workplace, agile methodologies, servant leadership, toxic people, work-life balance, tech debt, pair programming, and the need for regulation in the software development industry.

Takeaways

• The workplace has undergone significant changes, moving from command and control leadership to more agile and fluid ways of working.
• Servant leadership is important, but many organizations claim to practice it without truly understanding or implementing it effectively.
• Tech debt is a common challenge in software development, and it requires deliberate efforts to address and reduce it.
• Pair programming can be a valuable practice for improving collaboration, knowledge sharing, and code quality.
• The software development industry may benefit from some form of regulation or accreditation to ensure competency and accountability.

Sound Bites

• "Life is what it does. You have death and loss and whatever, but you kind of have to get on with it."
• "Everyone claims they're agile, but no one can actually tell you how they're being agile."
• "Everyone claims they do servant leadership, but I think 80% of people are doing it wrong."