CppCast

Psychology and Starting Out as a Developer

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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)
        • Links
        • "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
            • ...more
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