7 CASE STUDIES: DEVELOPERS IN THEIR OWN WORDS

I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

Anon

This chapter gives you some stories from developers in their own words. I didn’t want to interview people and get them all to answer the same questions. Instead I wanted to show you how different developer roles, journeys to becoming a developer and experiences of developers are, and to show the diversity of people working in development.

The one common factor you should notice in these studies is the passion that all these people have for their roles, and how creative they find the work. Yes, the work can be frustrating and challenging at times (aren’t all interesting roles?) but the sense of achievement you’ll get ...

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