Dr. Felienne Hermans: Looking Inside The Programmer's Brain
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English - April 19, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsTechnology Business Careers software development software agile programming technical debt best practices web development legacy code software engineering Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Robby speaks with Dr. Felienne Hermans, Author and Associate Professor at Leiden University. They discuss the importance of building mental models, the difference between short-term and working memory, and how to take control of your own onboarding by confirming assumptions and asking effective questions. Dr. Felienne also talks about steps to understand a new-to-you codebase, as well as exercises to improve how you read code.
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