Some aspects of software engineering are easily overlooked. In the book The Programmer's Brain some of these like reading code, thinking about code and collaborating on code are at the centre. In this episode, we talk to the author of this book to guide us through these aspects.
The Programmer's BrainImagine you want to buy something. You go to bol. com and you start typing the article in the search bar.
Understanding customers using their search queriesEngineering Productivity With the growth of our engineering community, the need for more focus on engineering productivity is clear. We invited two experts to discuss this topic with us. We actually got to this point when one of our...
Engineering Productivity and BackstageHow interaction resulted in a guest appearance “We like interactions and feedback”, that’s what we say in our outro. The guest of our show reacted to one of our podcasts earlier this year. We reached out to him and invited him to the podcast.
Outside perspective on the edges of autonomyHow Data Science supports us to predict the unpredictable Just like for any store, forecasting is an important tool to support the business and its profitability. At bol. com we have worked on several major iterations of our forecast.
Predict the UnpredictableWho is the Podcast Guest? This will be a bonus episode. Maybe not that tech-related but instead you will listen to a very energetic, passionate and inspiring person: The Podcast Guest. Who knows a lot about asking the right questions and working in teams.
The Podcast GuestWhat is the key competence of our business analysts (BA) We talked about domain knowledge, tech affinity and building bridges between stakeholders and software engineers. Sometimes the business analyst is almost seen as a project manager. Aligning with product owners is key in this role.
Curiosity is the common denominator for our Business AnalystsWriting an article is reflection, publishing it is getting feedback Learning from our colleagues. That is important to us. So, we were delighted when we found another great piece of this on LinkedIn, Elinore shared.
A lot of tech people are leadersFrom how it was born to what it is now in 45 minutes One of the things that make us really proud about working in Tech at bol. com is our annual Space Summit. Our internal tech conference by developers for developers.
The 5th anniversary of the Spaces SummitData Maturity Model as common ground, Data Literacy Model to measure the level of speaking, writing and reading data To state as a company we want to become more data-driven is the first step. To truly understand what this means...
Data Maturity and Data Literacy