Developers are part architect, part carpenter. In an agile team, developers convert user-stories into the bricks and mortar of working code, testing the structural integrity, and constantly improving the aesthetics of what they are building.
Agnes
- Product team:
- Confluence Development
- Years at Atlassian:
- 3
- Agile tip:
- Be the change you seek
- Known as:
- The Selenium Queen
About Agnes
While studying Software Engineering at UNSW, I started working at Atlassian in 2006 and have been on the Confluence Dev team since. After a long 5 years studying at uni, I finally graduated in 2007 and joined as a full time grad in 2008. Prior to Atlassian, I worked at Whitesmiths in 2005 as a junior developer.
My first programming language was Java at high school, where I was given a piece of paper with the code to type up. Writing my first 'hello world' program wasn't an awesome experience, but as I was given more challenging problems to solve, that's when I realised I was really enjoying myself.
Watch Agnes explain the benefits of agile (0:30s)
Favorite blog posts
Tom
- Product team:
- FishEye and Crucible
- Years at Atlassian:
- 4
- Agile tip:
- Use pairing or code reviews to help control technical debt.
- Little known fact:
- Once owned a Land Rover 110 with an uncommon 2.5 na diesel.
About Tom
My first computer was a BBC Micro — twice as fast as an Apple ][! I intended to study physics at university, but decided my maths wasn't up to it and ended up with an undeserved first in computer science.
After writing C for many years, under Xenix, Sun OS and finally Win32 I managed to transition to Java during the dot com boom, and after botching the architecture of a system which was deployed, and doing a good job on the next one (which was canned), ended up at Atlassian, working with the most amazingly competent bunch of people I have ever met.
I started my Atlassian career on the Confluence team, and am now a FishEye/Crucible developer.
Watch what Tom likes about agile as a developer (1:05)