The Software Craftsmanship
summary
Traces the movement from the 1999 Pragmatic Programmer and the 2008 Chicago gathering through adoption pains and an “agile hangover,” credits code retreats and deliberate practice (global day across ~50 cities with ~1,000 developers), and reports concrete growth: 79 groups, 15,000 members in 2013 rising to 131,000 members, 288 meetups, 48 countries while London alone has ~4,111 members and 440+ events. Argues craftsmanship centers technical excellence (XP, TDD, CI), warns process-only adoption fails, and urges pragmatic, business-facing change and individual responsibility for continuous learning.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 9:46The Agile Hangover
- 37:36Challenges of the London Software Craftsmanship Community (LSCC).
- 56:39Career ownership
- 59:21Software Craftsmanship Companies
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