episode 378: Psychology and Starting Out as a Developer
Gail Ollis joins Phil and Matt Godbolt. Gail talks to us about why, after two decades of software development, she took a degree in psychology followed by a PhD that researched the psychology of software development - and how she now uses this to help others get started and, hopefully, avoid many of the human issues that can plague our software projects. News
- "Contracts MVP is Feature Complete" - Reddit
- "Contracts for C++" Timur's C++ London talk
- Gemini refuses to talk about C++ 20 Concepts to someone under the age of 18!
- Hacker News thread
- Twitch streamer's reaction (ThePrimeTime)
- “White House urges developers to dump C and C++” - InfoWorld
- Conferences:
- C++ on Sea Early Bird tickets and option, CfP closes soon (3rd-5th July)
- using std::cpp, Madrid (24th-26th April)
- C++ Now (29th April - 3rd May)
- ACCU full schedule and volunteers programme (17th-20th April)
- "Early Careers Day: A mini-conference for junior developers" - Gail's ACCU 2024 workshop
- "The kids are alright" - Gail's ACCU 2024 session showcasing her students
- Paper's Gail has co-authored on blending cyber security and software development:
- Putting the Sec in DevSecOps: Using Social Practice Theory to Improve Secure Software Development
- Dancing, not Wrestling: Moving from Compliance to Concordance for Secure Software Development
- "Helping developers to help each other: a technique to facilitate understanding among professional software developers" - Gail's PhD thesis