Dungeons, Dragons & Developers • Matt Brunt • GOTO 2021

This presentation was recorded at GOTOpia February 2021. #GOTOcon #GOTOpia http://gotopia.eu Matt Brunt - Dungeon Master, Code Tinkerer & Cybersecurity Pro 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. Matt will show you 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 him in a mighty quest [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 04:32 Dungeons & Dragons 06:16 The dungeon master 07:36 Our story begins with you 09:31 Wizards 10:58 Our party 12:25 The quest 16:25 Quest requirements 23:48 Losing the path 25:57 Decisions need context 31:58 The final hill 35:31 Summary 36:38 Outro Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotopia.eu/february-2021/sessions/1664/dungeons-dragons-and-developers https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Teams #Productivity #DeveloperProductivity #HumanFactor #SoftSkills #TeamProductivity #TeamSpirit Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1