Codurance Fireside Chats

Fireside Chat 13: What Does Being a Senior Developer Mean?

In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss what makes someone a senior software developer. What are the expected behaviours and skills? What is the impact a senior software developer should have?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 13 in video here: https://bit.ly/3JgDPAD 
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/. 

Fireside Chat 12: Evolution vs Revolution in Software Development

In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss the advantages and disadvantages of evolution or revolution in software development. They also explore different scenarios and contexts where one approach might be better than the other.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 12 in video here: https://bit.ly/32uTgnI 
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/. 

Fireside Chat 11: Is Consultancy an Essential Skill in Software Development?

In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how important consultancy skills are in software development. What are consultancy skills? How relevant they are to our work? Are they limited to people working for consultancies? How do we acquired and master those skills?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 11 in video here: https://bit.ly/3qodzLJ  
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/. 

Fireside Chat 10: Difficult Conversations

In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how to deal with difficult conversations. There are multiple aspects that can make a conversation more or less difficult. Difficult conversations cannot always be avoided and there are many different skills involved in making them less difficult. In this episode, the conversation becomes a bit more difficult in the second half—pun intended—as they express different views on responsibilities and the attitude towards difficult conversations.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 10 in video here: https://bit.ly/32tYxMu 
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/. 

Fireside Chat 9: Managing Technical Debt

In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how to manage technical debt. What is technical debt? How does it get created? What skills are involved in identifying and remediate technical debt? Is technical debt a bad thing? Should we strive for perfection—no technical debt? What practices help to reduce or increase technical debt? What are all the different ways technical debt can be managed?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 9 in video here: https://bit.ly/3yVlxjF 
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/. 

Fireside Chat 8: How to Measure Quality?

In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how we can measure quality in software projects. How can we define quality? Quality to whom? What are the different perspectives and levels of quality? How do they relate to each other? What is the impact of metrics on behaviours? Are they always positive? Are there trade-offs when discussing quality?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 8 in video here: https://bit.ly/3pkTVkI 
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/. 

Fireside Chat 7: To specialise or not to specialise?

In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss if we should specialise or should not specialise. How about cross-functional teams vs cross-functional people? What is generalising specialists? What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a generalist or a specialist? What are the expectations we have from developers? Are they realistic? Are they even healthy? Is generalisation good for a developer's career? What about other roles—BAs, POs, PMs, UX, QAs, etc?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 7 in video here: https://bit.ly/3egl02d 
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/. 

Fireside Chat 6: Is it Possible to Bring Agile and Developers Back Together?

In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss if it is possible to bring Agile and Developers back together. What was Agile originally about? Why developers got disheartened with the Agile evolution? What went wrong? What role Software Craftsmanship played in the evolution of Agile and how developers feel today? How Lean and DevOps fit into the mix? And most importantly, is our industry better today than it was before? How does the future look like? Those are just some of the topics discussed in this episode.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 3 in video here: https://bit.ly/3eoGlWY 
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.

Fireside Chat 5: Do we need Architects?

In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss the need for architects? Do we need them? How do we define architecture? What are the different types of architects? Can architectural decisions be done democratically or should they be centralised? Is there a hybrid approach? What are the different levels of architectural decisions and their respective impacts? Do developers have the skills to make different types of architectural decisions? What about context? Small organisation vs large organisation? Those are just some of the topics discussed in this episode.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 5 in video here: https://bit.ly/3emaDtM 
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.

Fireside Chat 4: Culture of Learning

In the fourth Fireside Chat, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta talk about the culture of learning and how they perceive it and see it in different organisations. What is Culture of Learning? How individuals or companies can create a culture of learning? What are the benefits for individuals and companies? Should companies support any kind of learning? Should individuals limit their learning to the company needs? What about personal responsibility and career ownership? What are the impediments to a culture of learning? Those are just some ideas discussed during this episode.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 4 in video here: https://bit.ly/3HbaIwr 
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.