16 Conference Talks To Celebrate 16 Years in Tech
I complete 16 years since my first Java Programmer job this year.
Talks have been a substantial source of inspiration and a massive help to grow throughout my career.
Below I share My Favorite 16 Talks ever.
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Øredev 2011 - Sleeping with the enemy by Gojko Adzic (@gojkoadzic)
→ Link: youtu.be/hIMwTzAAQ-w
"The new mission of QAs should be teach programmers to collaborate, own quality together, automate tests or checks together."
Back in 2011, this was controversial. I 💚 it.
LKCE 2015 (Lean Kanban Central Europe) - Actionable Metrics for Predictability by Daniel Vacanti (@danvacanti)
→ Link: vimeo.com/146545310
I call Dan "The Kanban Metrics Guy". In this talk, he simplifies Little's Law so that a 5-year-old can understand it.
NDC Conference 2013 - Architecture: The Lost Years by Robert Martin (@unclebobmartin)
→ Link: vimeo.com/68215570
I attended a meetup with Robert in NYC in 2014 when I had just moved here. He gave a version of this talk. All the concepts got deeply stuck with me.
GTAC 2007 - Sufficiently Advanced Monitoring is Indistinguishable from Testing by Ed Keyes
→ Link: youtu.be/uSo8i1N18oc
All concepts in there are 20 years ahead of their time.
But unfortunately, most still don't understand it.
Watch it on repeat. You will thank me.
Agile Brazil 2010 - Ponha as cartas na parede, o uso eficaz do "Agile Card Wall" by Paulo Caroli (@paulocaroli)
→ Link: slideshare.net/paulocaroli/ponha-as-cartas-na-parede-o-uso-eficaz-do-agile-card-wall
Unfortunately, there are no recordings of this talk, but I remember it being awesome! Paulo is one of the best speakers I know.
LeadDevNewYork 2019 - Being Glue by Tanya Reilly (@whereistanya).
→ Link: youtu.be/KClAPipnKqw
This is one of the most influential talks of the decade.
If you have not watched it yet, stop everything you are doing and do it now.
GOTO 2016 - 7 Secrets of Maintainable Codebases by Adam Tornhill (@adamtornhill)
→ Link: youtu.be/0oDporwhToQ
Adam is also the author of one of my favorite books ever: Your Code as a Crime Scene.
GTAC 2011 (Google Test Automation Conference) - Test is Dead by Alberto Savoia (@pretotyping)
→ Link: youtu.be/X1jWe5rOu3g
Agile Brazil 2010 - Learning and Coolness, Beyond XP (Extreme Programming) by Klaus Wuestefeld (@klauswuestefeld)
→ Link (pt-br): infoq.com/br/presentations/learning-and-coolness-beyond-xp/
→ Link (blogpost/en): klauswuestefeld.blogspot.com/2010/07/l-learning-and-coolness.html
Klaus presented it from a text file for 400+ people. It was awesome!
RailsConf 09 - What Killed Smalltalk Could Kill Ruby, Too by Robert Martin (@unclebobmartin):
→ Link: youtu.be/YX3iRjKj7C0?t=2518
This has the epic Uncle Bob's Speech on Professionalism.
Many kudos to @AkitaOnRails for adding Portuguese subtitles to this back in the day.
Dev in Rio 2010 - Empreendendo uma comunidade de sucesso by Henrique Bastos (@henriquebastos).
→ Link: infoq.com/br/presentations/devinrio-henrique-bastos/
→ YTB: youtu.be/7om4TUUavd8
This talk was the waking up call for me to create @DojoTuba - a Coding Dojo Group in Tubarão, SC, Brazil in 2011.
Agile on the Beach 2019 - Visualising Software Architecture with the C4 model by Simon Brown (@simonbrown)
→ Link: youtu.be/x2-rSnhpw0g
Simon is also the author of the C4 Model, one of the best Architecture Models that I know, what UML was never able to be.
IK MicroClass 2020 - Strategizing Your Multimillion-Dollar Retirement Plan by Ryan Valles (@ryanvalles)
→ Link: youtu.be/2_Hr-lqFAq0
Along with @GergelyOrosz's article 'The Trimodal Nature of Software Eng. Salaries', this talk was eye-opening.
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Agile Testing Days 2012 - Reinventing Software Quality by Gojko Adzic (@gojkoadzic)
→ Link: youtube.com/watch?v=8To_Nh68QPk
Make Impact, Not Software. I call this ‘The GPS Talk’.
Gojko is also author of a short book I often gift Product Managers I work with: Impact Mapping.
Lone Star Ruby Conference 2010 - Real Software Engineering by Glenn Vanderburg (@glv)
→ Link: youtu.be/NP9AIUT9nos
Glenn and I are now co-workers at Nubank and he mentioned the latest version of his talk is much better.
→ Link (newer version): youtu.be/RhdlBHHimeM
DevConFu 2013 - Integrated Tests Are A Scam by J.B. Rainsberger (@jbrains)
→ Link: vimeo.com/80533536
Along with the GOOS Book, @mfeathers's book & @thejayfields's book, it had a huge influence on me on how I approach Dealing with Legacy Codebases & Large Test Suites.
Bonus: GOTO 2012 - Scaling Yourself by Scott Hanselman (@shanselman)
→ Link: youtu.be/FS1mnISoG7U
Don't know How to Scale Your Impact & Influence as an Engineer (inside and outside your company)?
This talk is the best definition I found on how to be a 10X engineer.
Thiago Ghisi
@thiagoghisi
🤹♂️Director of Engineering @Nubank. Ex-Apple. Ex-TW. 🇧🇷in🗽. 🎙Co-Host @EngAdvicePod. 📚🐛. 💡Sharing Tech Career Growth Tips & Eng. Leadership Insights👇