Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 016 | Matt Wynne - Strong Communication and Passionate Dedication
Guest:
Matt Wynne talks with Dave Rael about communicating with programmers and business experts, working on things that really matter, and building something worthy of the effort
Matt Wynne is the lead developer for Cucumber, the popular Open-Source acceptance testing tool. He’s the author of The Cucumber Book, and in 2013 he cofounded Cucumber Limited with Aslak Hellesøy and Julien Biezemans. Their company supports the open-source platform by offering training, consulting, coaching around BDD, lean and agile software development.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Matt Wynne
- - The nature and benefits of Cucumber
- - "The Three Amigos" in the Cucumber Book and the constraints of the book
- - Cucumber School video course series
- - Matt's definition of value
- - The things that "light Matt up" and why technology takes a back seat
- - Contrasting the intents of programming languages and designs
- - Quotable quote - "We try and hold on to the problem domain as long as possible."
- - Matt's stories of failure, technology focus instead of problem focus, "solution looking for a problem"
- - Matt's greatest success story, Cucumber and following your heart and passion
- - How Matt stays current with what he needs to know
- - The value of social interaction and just having a conversation
- - The things that have Matt most excited about his present and future
- - Matt's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Matt
- - Farewell
Resources:
Matt's Blog - currently inactive, but with some older gemsThe Cucumber Blog
The Cucumber Book - Matt and Aslak Hellesøy
Cucumber - The open-source tool and the business
Cucumber School - Fantastic video resource for doing BDD using Cucumber - remember to use discount code developer-on-fire for 30% off
Matt's book recommendation:
Matt's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
1. Don't be afraid to be stupid
2. Be ok with taking real feedback from people and listen
3. Get into the thing you are creating
