Eulogy for the Software Engineer

Dave Kiss holds a funeral for the software engineer, and then argues the body isn't in the casket. In this talk, he buries three props (headphones, a notebook, a keyboard) and shows what's still in your hands: going all the way in, writing down what "done" looks like, and standing behind what ships under your name. Timestamps 0:00 Gathered to Bury the Engineer 2:31 Rebuilding My Childhood Bedroom 4:44 Our Ancestors 6:09 The Door Is Always Open 7:41 Burying Three Belongings 10:36 Coding Was Hard 12:57 Merging 3,000 Lines Unread 14:56 Flow State, Sketch, Name 18:03 The Wrong Name on the Headstone 19:36 Your Taste Can't Be Scraped 21:26 Handing It Down on Purpose 22:25 Advice for Veterans and Newcomers 26:59 Long Live the Software Engineer