Course code: JHAP-1

Years with company: 2

Years programming: 10

Primary programming language: C

Other programming languages: C++ Python Java HTML/CSS/Javascript

Unit test harnesses: In college we used Google Unit Tests briefly

Something else: After / alongside my engineering career I want to be a professor.

Test practice now: Basic unit tests for Python, static anaylsis tools for C.

Target system: Primarily ARM platforms with a host of peripherals, something like an EFM32 or EFR32, as well as some FPGAs with hardcores like the Zynq.

Dev tools: VIM+GCC (sorry) IAR

Build time: 1-5 minutes

Coding standard: I (try) to spend most of my time on a whiteboard planning out before I start to work. Much of this time is spent hunting down what the current code does.

Function too long: When you can't describe the work it does in more than a sentence or two.

Code reviews: I've pushed for some more formal review processes on programs to leverage our on-site Gitlab. So, an issue tracker is created as a work order, a merge request is put in and tracked by an engineer. Two other engineers have to review and approve

Code time: 30

Test time: 20

Debug time: 50

Favorite thing about dev: The planning and architecture phase.

Least favorite thing about dev: Understanding a design that isn't there, left by an engineer who has poor communication skills.

Tdd knowledge: It's going to make me handsome and solve world hunger. (sorry for the delayed flight, hope you're having a good day) Spend time upfront to plan and commit to tests, iteratively run them to make sure your code keeps its promises.

Why are you attending: I want to follow best principles like these to be a better engineer, and to teach others around me. I like carrying lessons forward. I hope to apply the skillset to other work with Python and C++ as well.