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I had the pleasure of hosting J.B. Rainsberger, Business and Software Coach helping companies profit sooner from their software projects while empowering individuals to navigate the complex world of work. His approach is all about less stress and more energy to bring to the parts of the job that create value.
The notion of “Programming is the easy part” comes again as a focal point of the discussion as we dig into what the actual difficult parts of work are. J.B. explains how, when he’s coaching teams, the challenges he sees are almost always about policies and people relations and rarely about code and architecture.
We explore common causes of delays and stress at work, together with his insights on improving delivery and overall performance by adjusting the working habits on an individual level.
In this episode, we discuss:
Why J.B. considers programming to be the easy part and how to navigate the other complexities at work.
Improving performance and reducing stress often requires accepting how things are at your company without feeling the urge to change everything.
How to keep a narrow focus on your priorities by practicing the habit of safely forgetting.
How feature slicing and daily releases help overall team performance even when practiced on an individual level.
“Programming is the easy part. Practice TDD, do some refactoring, learn a few tools, do that for, I don't know, 10, 20,000 hours, and boom, you're done. The idea is to emphasize that most of the problems you have with developing software in a professional context relate to people and the organization and not your daily battle with the machine.” - J.B. Rainsberger
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Programming is The Easy Part, with J. B. Rainsberger