Ep.5: Dave Thomas, Agile Manifesto and Pragmatic Programmer co-author

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Dave Thomas, co-author of The Pragmatic Programmer and Agile Manifesto, on the true spirit of being agile (vs. "doing agile"), mistakes engineering teams make, and common practices of successful teams.

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Segments

[08:32] The genesis of The Pragmatic Programmer
[12:34] People don't know what they want, importance of feedback loops
[20:10] Doing Agile vs. being agile
[24:29] Practices of successful engineering teams
[34:28] Being pragmatic at an early stage startup
[42:03] Things that are still true 24 years after the book was published
[53:18] How does a book define its author's identity?

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Show notes

• The Pragmatic Programmer

• The Pragmatic Bookshelf

• The Agile Manifesto

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