Changing the Engines without Landing the Plane

January, 2022

The January 2022 tech talk was presented by Robert Bentall

Abstract:

Technical debt is like adding useless ballast to a speeding jet. It just slows everything down. Yet, in most environments, technical debt reduction, infrastructure upgrades, and process improvement usually take second place to other, “more important” stuff. But without these enhancements, productivity will drop and projects will grind to a halt.

This talk will cover the most important lessons I have learned working on projects in a range of different industry sectors and organizations.

About the Presenter

Robert Bentall is Principal Software Engineer at Martin-Baker Aircraft Company, where he leads the Software Team. Prior to this, he worked for Schlumberger Oilfield UK PLC as a software engineer.

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