Since I transitioned from a .NET development role into a management role 2 years ago, I hadn’t spent as much time as I used to listening to podcasts like Hanselminutes and .NET Rocks. My commute took longer than usual today though, so I listened to two Hanselminutes episodes from December 2016. Both were excellent, so I’m thinking about how to apply what I’ve heard directing an agile team on my current project.
In Hanselminutes episode 556, Scott Hanselman interviews Amir Rajan. While the term polyglot programmer is hardly new, Rajan’s opinions on what programming languages to try next based on the language you know best were quite interesting. While my current project is J2EE-based, between the web interface and test automation tools, there are plenty of additional languages that my team and others have to work in (including JavaScript, Ruby, Groovy, and Python).
Hanselminutes episode 559 was an interview with Angie Jones. I found this episode particularly useful because the teams working on my current project include multiple automation engineers. Her idea to include automation in the definition of done is an excellent one. I’ll definitely be sharing her slide deck on this topic with my team and others..