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 ...
CppCast · Phil Nash & Timur Doumler
March 11, 20241h 7m
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Show Notes
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!
- “White House urges developers to dump C and C++” - InfoWorld
- Conferences:
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:
- "Helping developers to help each other: a technique to facilitate understanding among professional software developers" - Gail's PhD thesis