Cat Hicks
where else to find them
website:https://drcathicks.com/
github:DrCatHicks
bluesky:grimalkina.bsky.social
mastodon:@grimalkina@mastodon.social
linkedin:drcathicks
what they talk about
all 5 in the filters
where they keep going back
- LDX3 London (LeadDev London)2 editions2023–2024
all 6 in the filters
on a stage with
- Luis Villaonce
who talks about the same things
- Birgitta Boeckeler11 talks
- Eric Paulsen3 talks
- Nicky Pike4 talks
- Sven Peters32 talks
- Idan Gazit15 talks
- Roy Wasse5 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| Learning in the AI Era | Future of Software Development | Sonar Summit 2026 | 2026-03-03 |
Argues that measurable learning culture predicts team productivity and that small habits beat big one‑offs, reporting surveys across thousands of developers in… | ||
| The Psychology of Technologists | posit::conf(2025) | 2025-09-16 |
Presents empirical claims and usable tools: a LABS model (learning culture, agency, self-efficacy, belonging) that correlates with productivity from a… | ||
| The Psychology of Software Teams | Craft Conference 2025 | 2025-05-29 |
Large-scale empirical work shows misaligned perceptions — ~88–90% of managers say technical effort is visible while ~24% of developers disagree — and… | ||
| Building for the new developer | LeadDev London 2024 | 2024-06-11 |
A large empirical study of more than 2,400 developers finds about 43% report an AI skill threat—fear their careers or skills are at risk—and higher personal or… | ||
| Where we’re going wrong with developer productivity | LeadDev London 2023 | 2023-06-27 |
Presents a clear claim: a science-backed metric called developer thriving (four factors: agency, learning culture, self-efficacy, belonging) predicts… | ||
| It's Like Coding in the Dark: the Need for Learning Culture in Engineering Teams | Strange Loop 2022 | 2022-09-22 |
Research from the Developer Insights Lab claims engineering teams accumulate a persistent learning debt when social signals punish exploration; evidence comes… | ||
| Fostering a learning culture in coding teams | It Will Never Work in Theory (Online, April 2022) | 2022-04-27 |
Interviews with 25 developers and 30+ hours of think‑aloud coding sessions produce a concrete claim: teams create learning debt when onboarding and review… | ||
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