The industry's focus on speed and the challenges of aging as a developer are two deeply connected issues.
An interactive poll reveals audience perceptions of age in the tech industry, contrasting personal feelings with industry norms.
Statistics show that software developers are significantly younger on average than professionals in other fields, even those with less required education.
Developers often leave the profession after an average of only eight years due to burnout, promotions out of coding, or feeling unable to keep up.
Promoting great developers into management roles they are unsuited for can lead to incompetence, a phenomenon known as the Peter Principle.
Software development should be viewed as a marathon, not a sprint, where a sustainable pace is more valuable than short bursts of speed.
Arbitrary deadlines, the lean startup "first to market" mentality, and agile terminology like "sprint" contribute to a harmful culture of rushing.
Cutting corners to meet short-term deadlines creates poor quality code that significantly slows down development within a few weeks.
Improve long-term velocity by deliberately slowing down to practice, refine processes, plan thoroughly, and consistently refactor code.
The speaker answers audience questions on how to justify a slower, quality-focused pace to management and how to cope with the pressure of new technologies.
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27:13Chris Heilmann
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46:48Stefan Priebsch
57:45Robert Hoffmann & Christian Denich
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