15 May 2023, Philips. Talk

Designed and ran a hands-on code quality workshop for about 50 engineers

I designed and ran a two-hour workshop on design, code, test and review patterns, where engineers reviewed real open-source and shared code knowing they would co-own any bug they approved.

  • Teaching
  • Quality

~50

engineers attended

1,103

people reached by the announcement

What would have happened

Engineers would keep reviewing code without shared techniques for spotting problems.

The call

Teach by having engineers review real code together and own what they approve.

What I did

Built the review exercises and anti-pattern examples, and led the session in the room and online.

What changed

About 50 engineers took part, 12 in the room and 38 online. The announcement was seen by 1,103 people, and a leader asked to run these sessions more often.

Proof

Document: Designed and ran a hands-on code quality workshop for about 50 engineers

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