I have experienced that moving from svn to git and github enabled something I did not expect at first at least not to that extent. Discoverability and fast fixes using a user friendly interface. And not so technical people now contributing via the online editor and pull requests fixing minor issues like typos and translations in seconds rather than days. Did you experience something similar? Are there other tools which revolutionized your work?

I have experienced that moving from svn to git and github enabled something I did not expect at first at least not to that extent. Discoverability and fast fixes using a user friendly interface. And not so technical people now contributing via the online editor and pull requests fixing minor issues like typos and translations in seconds rather than days. Did you experience something similar? Are there other tools which revolutionized your work?

Hi @genek, I like the book so far. I have read only part 1 until now. However, I am a little bit surprised that Maxime seems not to try to find out more desperately what the whole project is about in the beginning. She has worked mainly with the manufacturing system and less with the retail system before so this seems to be a new area for her. If I remember correctly she spent already in the very first days a lot of time drinking coffee out of frustration. I would have expected that she would have tried more to speak with senior people in the project to find out what all is about. Any special reason for not including that in the first chapters?

Hi @genek, I like the book so far. I have read only part 1 until now. However, I am a little bit surprised that Maxime seems not to try to find out more desperately what the whole project is about in the beginning. She has worked mainly with the manufacturing system and less with the retail system before so this seems to be a new area for her. If I remember correctly she spent already in the very first days a lot of time drinking coffee out of frustration. I would have expected that she would have tried more to speak with senior people in the project to find out what all is about. Any special reason for not including that in the first chapters?

What would be the list of books Maxine would hand off to Maia and Page (the middle school girls working in Python) or Tom after she had piqued their curiosity about Functional Programming for them to learn more at the entry level (real or even books that are missing that need to be written with what kind of content)

What would be the list of books Maxine would hand off to Maia and Page (the middle school girls working in Python) or Tom after she had piqued their curiosity about Functional Programming for them to learn more at the entry level (real or even books that are missing that need to be written with what kind of content)

Question from my friend and I: What organization size fits the “Distinguished Engineer” role?

Question from my friend and I: What organization size fits the “Distinguished Engineer” role?