02:03 - Laurent Bossavit

• Twitter 
• GitHub 
• Institut Agile

03:11 - The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit 04:52 - The 10x Programmer

• Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition by Steve McConnell 

13:07 - The Custom Defects Curve15:33 - Leprechauns and Local Truths (Does Needing to Prove Others Wrong = Fear?)22:53 - The Feedback Cycles25:09 - Agile, Waterfall, and The Software Crisis

• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• “Bugs in the brain” = Cognitive Biases

32:30 - Estimations, Calibration and Assessments

• How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard
• Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? by Philip E. Tetlock
• Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art by Steve McConnell    

38:16 - Starting Points/Research Skills for Identifying Leprechauns

• 1. Skepticism
• 2. Curiousity
• 3. Tenacity

43:14 - The Value of Leprechauns46:46 - “Most of our job is learning.”50:44 - The Definition of “Insanity” => Experimentation

• QWERTY vs Dvorak 

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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Laurent)
How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard (Jessica)Special Guest: Laurent Bossavit.

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