To celebrate its 3rd anniversary, GenevaJUG invites other user groups from French-speaking Switzerland for a special evening “Proud to be a Developer”
Proud to be a Developer by Pierre Pezziardi
In 2013, what place does the developer occupy in the enterprise? How can their role, their ability to innovate and act influence its effectiveness? From the role of spectator to the role of actor, what can we each do, on a daily basis, so that the Developer profession is perceived as a wealth to cultivate rather than as a cost to reduce?
Programatoo by Audrey Neveu
While computer science is increasingly present in our lives, its learning at school remains very superficial: a bit of internet, some word processing software... but no programming. At a time when children are born with these technologies, we don’t bother to give them the keys to become users of computer tools, and not just consumers. But then... how do we get them to discover our profession and our passion? This is the objective that Programatoo set itself, and I will present what we have put in place to achieve it.
Developing is Testing? by Freddy Mallet and Olivier Gaudin
Software development is the core activity at SonarSource, the one that mobilizes passions and energies. During this 40-minute session, we will present 4 years of evolution in development practices without using buzzwords!
Entrepreneur, co-founder of OCTO Technology, co-founder of IT University, founder of Octopus Microfinance, founder of NotreBanque, author, speaker, he promotes the idea of user-friendly computing: systems designed to break down organizational silos, empower individuals, and support self-organized teams. In 2005, he founded the Octopus initiative, the first open-source microfinance platform. Octopus is a global community of expertise in lean and agile methods, aimed at improving access to financial services for the poorest. He participated in the creation of BabyLoan, the first French peer-to-peer microcredit operator. In 2010, he deployed Lean techniques as CIO of Bred Banque Populaire. Since 2011, Pierre has been managing NotreBanque, a company aimed at providing simple, affordable, and transparent community financial tools.
Audrey is a Full-Stack developer specialized in API and Big Data issues. Passionate about her profession, Audrey has always been deeply involved in the Java community through several Java User Groups and conferences (Duchess France, Paris JUG, Devoxx France, Devoxx UK), as well as through initiatives aimed at introducing programming to young people (Programatoo, Devoxx4Kids).
Freddy Mallet is the creator of the SonarQube platform and co-founder of Sonar. Freddy is a big fan of collective intelligence and human interactions but equally values what agile methodologies have brung in terms of automation. Nowadays, Freddy is an IT entrepreneur particularly involved in the reviewpad.com startup. The goal of Reviewpad is to significantly impact the Lead Time metric by disrupting our approach to manual code review.
Olivier Gaudin is a software expert with expertise in code quality, DevOps, and software metrics. He has founded and led companies focused on improving software quality.
