Andrew Harcourt
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How to engage with the software industry

“Software projects always run over time and over budget. And scope always changes. And you never can trust those consultants - they’re always out to get you.”

If you’ve never had a software project go according to plan, it might be worth looking at the common factor in that equation. Maybe it’s a good time to learn how to deal with the software industry.

In this talk we’ll examine how to get you what you need without losing your shirt.

Target audience
CIO/CTO; executives; business leaders
Approximate duration
60-90 minutes including questions

Work

I'm at Octopus Deploy, helping to ship software that helps people ship software. Other interesting places I've been before Octopus include ThoughtWorks, Readify, Zap BI, Realex Payments and TRL.

I'm also a co-founder at Stack Mechanics, one of the organisers of the DDD Brisbane conference and, in my spare time (ha!), I also run my own photography business, Ivory Digital.

I'm a fan of high-quality code, domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, continuous delivery and, most importantly, shipping code that works and that solves people's problems.

I have a number of small open-source creations, including Nimbus, ConfigInjector and NotDeadYet, and am an occasional contributor to several more.

I'm a regular speaker and presenter at conferences and training events. My mother wrote COBOL on punch cards and I've been coding in one form or another since I was five years old.

Play

Cyclist. Photographer. Ballroom dancer. Motorcyclist. Occasional sailor. Lapsed fencer.

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