Robert Kaufman: Running a Consultancy and a Coding School

Robby speaks with Robert Kaufman, Senior Partner at Notch8 and Cofounder of LEARN Academy. They discuss the importance of treating software development as a craft, tips on helping peers troubleshoot via pairing, and how technical debt can be used as an excuse. Robert also talks about keeping a healthy junior to senior ratio (2:1) and how to be a good guest in another team's codebase.

Helpful Links

• Learn Academy
• Notch8 Blog
• Robert on Twitter
• Robert on GitHub
• [Book Recommendation] Brain Rules, John Medina

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