Expert Software Developers' Approach to Error

Explore how expert software developers and high-performing teams leverage errors as opportunities for improvement in this insightful 50-minute conference talk from Strange Loop 2022. Drawing on decades of research with professional software developers, Marian Petre, Emeritus Professor at the Open University and Visiting Distinguished Professor at University of California, Irvine, shares valuable insights into the cognitive processes that distinguish top-tier developers. Discover actionable strategies for better software development by understanding how experts reason about design, problem-solving, and error handling. Learn from Petre's extensive observations and interactions with hundreds of professionals across various organizations, from startups to major software companies. Gain a deeper understanding of the thinking patterns that contribute to high-performance in software development teams and how to apply these insights to your own work.