Learning-focused engineering (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

This week we’re joined by Brittany Dionigi, Director of Platform Engineering at Articulate, and we’re talking about how organizations can take a more intentional approach to supporting the growth of their engineers through learning-focused engineering.

Brittany has been a software engineer for more than 10 years, and learned formal educational and classroom-based learning strategies as a Technical Lead & Senior Instructor at Turing School of Software & Design. We talk through a ton of great topics; getting mentorship right, common coaching opportunities, classroom-based learning strategies like backwards planning, and ways to identify and maximize the learning opportunities for teams and org.

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Featuring:

• Brittany Dionigi – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

Show Notes:

• Camille Fournier (Camille Forn-yay) - An incomplete list of skills senior engineers need
• Katrina Owens - Cultivating Instinct
• Note-taking and the decision to externalize memory
• Guide to Medical Education in the Teaching Hospital - lots of good things about how they integrate learning into their day-to-day business operations
• Science of Learning Concepts for Teachers (Project Illuminated)
• Culturally Responsive Teaching - A 50-State Survey of Teaching Standards
• What is Project Based Learning (PBL)?
• A powerful way to improve learning and memory
• Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
• Jeli - dedicated incident analysis platform
• Turing School of Software and Design

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