AP43 - Similarities between Software Development and Animation with Alfonso Guerra

Brian Orlando sits down with Alfonso Guerra to discuss the similarities between software development and animation. While in-flight, we also discuss an array of developer-centric topics such as bad metrics, good and bad dev leads, making time to be creative, and how developers learn.

0:00 Alfonso's Introduction/Background
0:49 Brian's Background
2:36 Measuring Development
5:50 Programming Languages
7:00 College & Programming
8:33 Developers and Bias
11:04 Example of a Bad Metric
14:48 The Programming Dark Ages
18:54 Mantras to Write On Walls
21:14 The Illusion of Life (Animation)
24:23 Similarities with Animation
29:19 Everything Old is New Again
33:06 Tying Stories together through Books
36:54 Permission to Fail
41:18 Peer Programming
45:55 Good Dev Leads
48:35 Segue on Automation Best Practices
52:31 Basic (Deming) Quality & the Lean Startup
58:21 Efficiency Thinking Doesn't Win Academy Awards
1:01:27 Product Viability of Disneyland
1:05:46 Example of a Systemic View
1:07:00 Customer Experience vs Developer Experience
1:08:51 Learning from Experiences/Mistakes of Others
1:13:19 Pomodoro
1:15:10 Getting Out of Efficiency Conversations
1:16:46 Differing Corporate Values vs. Behaviors
1:21:00 Quality and Development Standards
1:24:23 Certifications, Money, and asking Why
1:28:25 User Behavior
1:29:44 Component vs. Feature Teams
1:33:20 A Perspective on BAs
1:37:28 Doing Work "No User Asked For"
1:41:53 Cost Cutting until Indentured Servitude
1:46:04 Function Points and Metrics
1:49:11 Stakeholder Interruption Cost
1:52:16 Being Scared of Code Reviews
1:56:13 Fixed vs Growth Mindset Example
1:58:01 Leadership Ability & Training
2:02:33 Shared Experiences, Shared Themes
2:07:13 Wrap-Up
2:07:44 Secrets of Podcast Editing

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AP43 - Similarities between Software Development and Animation with Alfonso Guerra