#CallForSpeakers pitch for #LandingFestival Berlin 2018
How often do you hear the term MVP (minimum viable product) bandied around in startup land? It’s often a necessary evil. Technical debt, or the implied cost of the additional work caused by choosing an easy option now, rather than opting for a better solution which may take more time, is commonplace in almost every engineering team and its products. As engineers, we need to aggressively manage our technical debt, but also open our eyes to the opportunity it can provide. It’s akin to financial leverage, and has future value.
I'll debunk the myths around technical debt, share how to aggressively manage it, and how to leverage it for the good of the product, the team, the company and the end user.
Favourite Matrix quote: "Ohh, what's really going to bake your noodle later on is, would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything?"
Piyush Purang has more than 15 years' of international experience having worked and led teams in professional services, consultancy, startups and multinational blue-chip companies. As the Chief Technology Officer he leads the engineering team at Spotcap HQ in Berlin, Germany. Piyush holds a MSc degree in Software Engineering from the University of Oxford and a Masters of Economics and Finance from Ca’ Foscari in Venice.