Here’s a typical day from the perspective of a BillingCenter developer (link for LOLcat fans). Hopefully, it demonstrates some of my favorite things about the environment at Guidewire: emphasis on tests, Agile-style feedback, code branching, and an appetite for humility:
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The goal of quality software development is to release a product which will meet or exceed customer expectations. Sounds simple, but few software companies (especially those developing enterprise applications) ever achieve this goal and even fewer do so on a consistent basis. From it’s inception Guidewire adopted aspects of Agile Development and Extreme [...]
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The idea of “Enterprise Agile Testing” has been in my head for several months now, result of what I have learned at Guidewire and based on my previous XP experience at ThoughtWorks. I am planning on a proposal to Agile 2008 on this topic. Before I can choose my proposal topic, I need to write [...]
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