Terrible Habits of the Solo Developer

About this episode

Jeff and Luca discuss the challenges faced by solo embedded developers and the impact on development practices.

In this episode, Jeff and Luca tackle the unique challenges faced by solo embedded developers. Drawing from their own experiences as consultants, they explore why working alone makes it harder to maintain good development practices - from the constant pressure to multitask across different stakeholder demands, to the difficulty of wearing multiple hats as leader, manager, and contributor simultaneously.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff, Luca

Topics covered

• solo development
• embedded systems
• development practices
• multitasking
• stakeholder management

Keywords

• solo developer
• embedded development
• multitasking
• stakeholder demands
• development challenges

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