1.0.6 Abstraction
Oct 20, 2010•51 min
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Episode description
In this episode Scott and I discuss "what you need to know as a software developer". How many layers of abstraction do you need to understand? How many geek trading cards should you have in your collection? To find out more, we talked to 3 prominent, living-history developers.
- Ward Cunningham - creator of the Wiki and major figure in Agile/XP programming
- Charles Petzold - author of many books about Windows and prominent speaker
- Dan Bricklin - 'Superman' according to Scott. Creator of the spreadsheet and all around amazing guy.
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