What was it to be a software developer in the early days? What's different today? How the role could change in the future?

1. A Developer Story
Alex Danvy
Microsoft
@danvy

4. Software developer
A software developer is a personconcerned with
facets of the software development process,
including the research, design,
programming, and testing of computer
software.

5. The right tool

6. The right method
Charles Simonyi

7. Starwars A new hope (1977)
“Ruby One Kenobi” vs “Dart Vader”
More than code

8. Gender agnostic
Margaret Hamilton (1969)

9. Coding for Kids

10. Everyone’s a coder

11. Quality
Maintainable software
Stability, Bugs
Usability
Testability
Readability
Speed
Size, Conciseness
Cost
Security
Elegance
Customer satisfaction

12. Skills
Technically skilled
Work with a customer
Talk the business language
Be an industry insider
Have a wide array of soft skills

13. Code is beautiful
TITLE BASIC M6502 8K VER 1.1 BY MICRO-SOFT
SEARCH M6502
SALL
RADIX 10 ;THROUGHOUT ALL BUT MATH-PAK.
$Z:: ;STARTING POINT FOR M6502 SIMULATOR
ORG 0 ;START OFF AT LOCATION ZERO.
SUBTTL SWITCHES,MACROS.
REALIO=4 ;5=STM
;4=APPLE.
;3=COMMODORE.
;2=OSI
;1=MOS TECH,KIM
;0=PDP-10 SIMULATING 6502
INTPRC==1 ;INTEGER ARRAYS.

14. Demo scene
Fairlight & Carillon & Cyberiad - Ziphead

15. Art is a diverse range of human activities in creating
visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks),
expressing the author's imaginative or technical skill,
intended to be appreciated for their beauty or
emotional power.
Code is art

16. Superpowers
Brings product to life
Accelerate the digital transformation
Drives innovation
Enhance business
Create new opportunities

17. Evolution
Social
Versatile
Openness
Creative
Growth mindset
Transcendence (2014)

18. A developer story
Alex Danvy
Microsoft
@danvy