GOTO - The Brightest Minds in Tech
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GOTO - The Brightest Minds in Tech
Dungeons, Dragons & Developers • Matt Brunt
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This presentation was recorded at YOW! 2025.
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Matt Brunt - Dungeon Master & Team Tinkerer
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ABSTRACT
You enter the dungeon, as the echoes of your footsteps sound around you, something catches your eye - is that… oh, oh no.
You grab your trusty sword and with your fellow adventurers, you seek to overcome the mighty challenge that lays ahead of you: building software.
This talk is a look at some of the parallels between Dungeons and Dragons, and software development.
We’ll see how lessons learned through delving into dungeons and fighting monsters with a party of adventurers can help teams of developers when building software in the real world.
Are you ready to join me in a mighty quest for better software? [...]
Download slides and read the full abstract here:
https://yowcon.com/brisbane-2025/sessions/3641
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Heidi Helfand • Dynamic Reteaming • https://amzn.to/3Fvu5BA
Heidi Helfand • How to Change Your Teams • https://leanpub.com/DRTGuide
Carl Larson & Frank M J LaFasto • Teamwork • https://amzn.to/4cFWseQ
Gene Kim & Steve Spear • Wiring the Winning Organization • https://amzn.to/3QJcfBp
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