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Being a Developer Consultant

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Prasanna Venkatesan

Developer Consultant, ThoughtWorks

@pvenk prasans.info

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Developer

Consultant

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4,10,000 avg. bookings per day

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10,00,000 avg. PNR enquiries.

4,10,000 avg. bookings per day

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10,00,000 avg. PNR enquiries.

1,71,000 avg. tickets in 1 hour (Tatkal)

4,10,000 avg. bookings per day

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IRCTC > FlipKart + Amazon

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So, what’s the routine?

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“Change is scary, but not as scary as staying

the same forever”

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Figure out what test will

best move your code

towards completion.

Take as much time as

you need. This is the

hardest step for

beginners.

Design / Think

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Write a minimal test, not

more than five lines.

Run the tests and watch it

fail.

Write a Failing Test

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Again minimal code that

make the test pass.

Not to worry about design

purity or conceptual

elegance at this point.

Make it Pass

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Testable

Understandable

Browsable

Explainable

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Pair Programming

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Collective

Ownership

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Continuous

Integration

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Coding Standards

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SpecialistGeneralist

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Multiple Roles

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Estimation & Planning

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Road to become a consultant

Thank you

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