Backwards Compatible- Lessons from a Quarter Century in Software - Anjuan Simmons

This talk was recorded at NDC's Copenhagen Developer's Festival. #cphdevfest #ndcconferences #github #softskills #softwaredeveloper Attend the next NDC conference near you: https://ndcconferences.com https://cphdevfest.com/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel and learn every day: https://www.youtube.com/@NDC From implementing enterprise applications at Accenture in the 1990s to my current role as a Staff Engineering Manager at GitHub, I’ve learned several essential lessons about the software industry. These lessons were often learned the hard way as an individual contributor and as an engineering manager. I’ve often wondered what I would say to myself if I could go backwards in time and help past versions of myself become compatible with what I know now. This talk is that conversation.