97 Things Every Programmer Should Know

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Contributors


Adrian Wible


Adrian Wible’s self-chosen title is “software development catalyst.”
He works for ThoughtWorks, Inc., mostly in project management
roles, but strives to fend off suggestions of being “post-technical” by
getting his hands dirty in software development from time to
time. He was indoctrinated in the Waterfall/SDLC mode of development as a
developer at IBM, and moved into project, people, and process management
roles throughout his 20+ year career there and at Dell Computer Corporation.
Adrian joined ThoughtWorks and discovered the Agile Manifesto (and XP,
and Scrum, and...) in 2005, and realized that project work and management
could be fun, exciting, and rewarding. He hasn’t looked back since.


Adrian can be reached at [email protected].


“Two Heads Are Often Better Than One,” page 170

Alan Griffiths


Alan Griffiths has been developing software through many fash-
ions in development processes, technologies, and programming
languages. During that time, he’s delivered working software and
development processes to a range of organizations, written for a
number of magazines, spoken at several conferences, and made many friends.
Firmly convinced that common sense is a rare and marketable commodity, he’s
currently working as an independent consultant through his company, Octopull
Limited.


“Don’t Rely on ‘Magic Happens Here’,” page 58
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