Backwards Compatible - Lessons from a Quarter Century in Software

Explore a quarter century of software industry insights in this enlightening conference talk delivered at NDC's Copenhagen Developer's Festival. Gain valuable lessons learned from implementing enterprise applications at Accenture in the 1990s to managing staff engineering at GitHub. Discover essential knowledge acquired through both individual contributor and engineering management roles, presented as a hypothetical conversation with past versions of the speaker. Benefit from hard-earned wisdom that bridges the gap between past and present software development practices, offering a unique perspective on becoming "backwards compatible" with current industry standards and best practices.