"Being a software craftsman is about more than just waking up in the morning, going to work, and getting paid to do some stuff. Software craftsmen wake up in the morning to make things better and to change the world we live in. Being a software craftsman is far more than writing well-crafted code or being a software developer. It’s a lifestyle—a commitment to excellence. Embrace it. Be proud of the role you play in the evolution of our society."  - Sandro Mancuso

Software Craftsmanship is an approach to software development that emphasizes the coding skills of the software developers themselves. It is not only about the tools, methods and practices you should have, it is also about professionalism of a modern developer and company.

We are very happy to announce that Sandro Mancuso, the author of well-known book "The Software Craftsman" will be our guest in an online meetup. Turkish software development community can easily remember Sandro from his eye-opening keynote speech at the very first software craftsmanship conference of Turkey, CraftSummit15.

We have tons of questions for him:) Generally we will discuss the following topics. We are sure that his answers will be very valuable for the whole software development sector.

* What is software craftsmanship? Why is it important?
* How can companies adapt craftsmanship in their organizations?
* Is "software craftsman" different that "software developer"? 
* Does software craftsman means superior at development?
* Why software developers are generally demotivated about their work? 
* What are the degrees in software craftsmanship? Is there any levels like junior, senior in craftsmanship? 
* What is apprenticeship? How can we adapt apprenticeship in companies?
* What does "community of professionals" mean?

We are very excited to meet with him. Are you excited too?

THE INTERVIEW WILL BE LIVE ON YOUTUBE!

Just open https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6spfaAGfmt8 and join. Do not forget to ask your questions via live chat.

SANDRO MANCUSO
Software Craftsman / Managing Director at Codurance

Software craftsman and co-founder at Codurance, author, and founder of the London Software Craftsmanship Community (LSCC). Sandro has been coding since a very young age but only started his professional career in 1996. He has worked for startups, software houses, product companies, international consultancy companies, and investment banks.

During his career Sandro had the opportunity to work in a good variety of projects, with different languages, technologies, and across many different industries. Sandro has a lot of experience in bringing the Software Craftsmanship ideology and Extreme Programming practices to organisations of all sizes. Sandro is internationally renowned by his work on evolving and spreading Software Craftsmanship and is frequently invited to speak in many conferences around the world. His professional aspiration is to raise the bar of the software industry by helping developers become better at and care more about their craft.

DATE TIME

The online interview will be on April 19th, 2017 at 18:30 GMT / 20:30 Turkish Time.

LANGUAGE

The meetup will be in English.