No. 16 / Robert Reppel on Software Engineering and the Importance of Natural Language
1h 5m | Sep 5, 2019A conversation about Software Engineering, the German-German border, Event Storming, and Langauge in Project Management and Programming. Robert Reppel, CTO of TwoTonic Labs.
The wide range of topics and stories about the life in a small town vs Vancouver, Canada as well as the development of the field of Software Engineering or Programming is really fascinating and I encourage you to listen in.
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Relevant Links:
Einstein1 — Founders Center in Hof, Germany
Alberto Brandolini — Event Storming
🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:
00:00 Intro
02:06 Conversation With Robert
03:13 Overview: Where Did We Meet and How Hof Looked When Robert Grew Up
03:13 Einstein1 & University — A New Era for Hof and Small Towns
08:28 The Possibilities Small Towns Have Nowadays for IT Workers Especially
11:20 Founders Center Einstein1 — Knowledge and Skills
11:42 History of Hof: The Iron Curtain of East Germany & The Soviet Union
15:09 Starting in IT and How Nothing Really Changed in Over 20 Years
18:22 StoryStream — Describing Software Flow
22:04 TwoTonic.net — Consulting for Event Storming
25:46 Alberto Brandolini — Event Storming
26:09 Traditional vs. Technology Aided — Pen & Paper vs. Digital
28:53 It is About Language and Communication
29:33 Mention Conway’s Law
35:42 Computer Science is an Underappreciated Artform
37:18 The Invisibility of Software and Hidden Reward
38:10 When You Try to Change or Improve… It Often Breaks (We Need Better Software Engineering)
41:12 What Learnings Can You Translate From Software Engineering to the Real World?
47:28 What is Canada Like? How is it Different From Germany?
53:02 If You’d Write a Book, What Would It Be About?
53:58 A Life Long Passion as Work — Two Different Experiences
55:13 What Other Profession Would You Be Good at — If You Could Not Choose Software?
57:14 The Socio-Technological Systems of Creating Software
01:02:54 Wrapping Up
01:04:06 Outro
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