In this podcast, recorded at the Agile India 2019 conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Dave Farley about what it means to build a real profession of software engineering.

Why listen to this podcast:

• At the very hard end of computing you need genuine engineering disciplines to be successful

• Most of the previous definitions of software engineering have got it wrong because they tried to be too prescriptive

• In many ways software development is a fashion industry – we chose technologies, languages and approaches based on who if the most persuasive orator rather than empirical evidence

• Extreme Programming and continuous delivery have the characteristics of genuine engineering disciplines because they are focused on the engineering practices that enable you to build high-quality products fast

• Pair programming unlocks the capability of individuals and teams to learn

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