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Episode 114 | Robert Martin - Master Craftsman

Robert C. Martin - "Uncle Bob" - talks with Dave Rael about professionalism, experiences over a decades-long career, family, and caring about what you do

Robert Martin (Uncle Bob) (@unclebobmartin) has been a programmer since 1970. He is the Master Craftsman at 8th Light inc, co-founder of the on-line video training company: cleancoders.com, and founder of Uncle Bob Consulting LLC. He is an acclaimed speaker at conferences worldwide, and the author of many books including: The Clean Coder, Clean Code, Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices, and UML for Java Programmers. He is a prolific writer and has published hundreds of articles, papers, and blogs. He served as the Editor-in-chief of the C++ Report, and as the first chairman of the Agile Alliance. He is the creator of the acclaimed educational video series at cleancoders.com.

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Robert's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
  1. Test-Driven Development
  2. You must be able to say no, especially when you know something can't be done
  3. Care about your customer/employer/business

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