einarwh-death-of-a-craftsman-boosterconf-2019_original.pdf

What does it mean to be a good software developer? What story can I tell myself that gives me direction and confidence that I am doing a good job? The narrative offered by the software craftsman metaphor is one such story - by far the most prevalent one in today's industry - but could there be others? What are the implications of the craftsman narrative? Does it have any short-comings or things that it fails to mention? Could it be misleading or even harmful? And most importantly: if I don't feel at home in the craftsmanship narrative, am I still allowed to think of myself as a good developer? Is there life beyond craftsmanship?

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1. DEATH OF A CRAFTSMAN @EINARWH
2. 07/03/19 2 I AM NOT A SOFTWARE CRAFTSMAN
3. 07/03/19 3 AWKWARD!
4. 07/03/19 4 TENSION!
5. 07/03/19 5 CLARIFICATION
6. 07/03/19 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENT
7. 07/03/19 7 I AM NOT A SOFTWARE CRAFTSMAN
8. 07/03/19 8 WHY NOT?
9. 07/03/19 9 IDENTITY CRISIS
10. 07/03/19 10 WHAT IS A GOOD DEVELOPER?
11. 07/03/19 11 AM I A GOOD DEVELOPER?
12. 07/03/19 12
13. 07/03/19 13 SOFTWARE CRAFTSMANSHIP PROVIDES ANSWERS
14. 07/03/19 14 SOFTWARE CRAFTSMANSHIP IS AN IDENTITY
15. 07/03/19 15 SOFTWARE CRAFTSMANSHIP IS A NARRATIVE ABOUT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
16. 07/03/19 16 IT IS A NARRATIVE OF PRIDE AND PROFESSIONALISM
17. 07/03/19 17 IT IS A NARRATIVE OF HEROES AND ADVERSARIES
18. 07/03/19 18 WHO IS THE HERO OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT?
19. 07/03/19 19 THE PROGRAMMER OF COURSE!
20. 07/03/19 20 PRAGMATIC GOOD SOFTWARE CRAFTSMAN
21. 07/03/19 21 MASTERY OF THE CRAFT
22. 07/03/19 22 TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE
23. 07/03/19 23 DISCIPLINE CAN FIX SOFTWARE
24. 07/03/19 24 BEST PRACTICES CAN FIX SOFTWARE
25. 07/03/19 25 VIRTUE CAN FIX SOFTWARE
26. 07/03/19 26 I CAN SLAY THE DRAGON!
27. 07/03/19 27 IF I’M HIGH LEVEL ENOUGH THE SOFTWARE WILL BE GREAT
28. 07/03/19 28 WRONG
29. 07/03/19 29 WHY?
30. 07/03/19 30 WHO MAKES SOFTWARE?
31. 07/03/19 31
32. 07/03/19 32
33. 07/03/19 33 ORGANIZATIONS MAKE SOFTWARE
34. 07/03/19 34 WHAT IS THE CRAFT?
35. 07/03/19 35 THE CODE FETISH
36. 07/03/19 36 ”THE CODE IS THE TRUTH”
37. 07/03/19 37 THERE IS NO TRUTH IN THE CODE
38. 07/03/19 38 THE CODE CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT IT DOES
39. 07/03/19 39 WHAT IS VIRTUOUS PROGRAMMING ANYWAY?
40. 07/03/19 40 THE THREE KINDS OF PROGRAMMERS
41. 07/03/19 41 THE UNWASHED MASSES
42. 07/03/19 42 THE UNWASHED MASSES BAD
43. 07/03/19 43 SOFTWARE CRAFTSMEN
44. 07/03/19 44 SOFTWARE CRAFTSMEN GOOD
45. 07/03/19 45 IVORY TOWER ZEALOTS
46. 07/03/19 46 IVORY TOWER ZEALOTS BAD
47. 07/03/19 47 BANISHED FROM THE REAL WORLD
48. 07/03/19 48 CRAFTSMANSHIP IS CONSERVATIVE
49. 07/03/19 49 DO CRAFTSMEN QUESTION THEIR BELIEFS?
50. 07/03/19 50 DO CRAFTSMEN WELCOME DIFFERENCES OF OPINION?
51. 07/03/19 51 DO CRAFTSMEN LIKE THIS TALK?
52. 07/03/19 52 DISAGREEMENT IS GOOD!
53. 07/03/19 53 DISAGREEMENT HAS ENERGY!
54. 07/03/19 54 TENSION!
55. 07/03/19 55 DISSONANCE!
56. 07/03/19 56 WHO ARE THE ADVERSARIES?
57. 07/03/19 57
58. 07/03/19 58 RESPECT
59. 07/03/19 59 RESPECT SELF
60. 07/03/19 60 RESPECT LESS
61. 07/03/19 61 BUSINESS VS CRAFTSMAN
62. 07/03/19 62 YE OLDE CRAFTSMAN’S SHOPPE
63. 07/03/19 63 HAND-CRAFTED ARTISAN SOFTWARE MADE TO ORDER
64. 07/03/19 64 COMMUNICATION BECOMES NEGOTIATION
65. 07/03/19 65 BUT WE ARE THE BUSINESS
66. 07/03/19 66 COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE COLLABORATION
67. 07/03/19 67 HOW TO BE VALUABLE?
68. 07/03/19 68 BEYOND TECHNICAL SKILL
69. 07/03/19 69 DOMAIN MODELLING
70. 07/03/19 70 SYSTEMS THINKING
71. 07/03/19 71 STRATEGIC ARCHITECTURE
72. 07/03/19 72 SO MANY VALUABLE SKILLS!
73. 07/03/19 73 WHAT IS A GOOD DEVELOPER?
74. 07/03/19 74 AM I A GOOD DEVELOPER?
75. 07/03/19 75 WHAT IS MY IDENTITY?
76. 07/03/19 76 SOFTWARE INFIDELS
77. 07/03/19 77
78. 07/03/19 78 SIR AGILULF
79. 07/03/19 79 THE PERFECT KNIGHT
80. 07/03/19 80 AN EMPTY ARMOR