Iain Lowe on Estimating, Culture, and Agile Dogma

Iain Lowe is an experienced software developer and manager based out of Montreal, Canada. Iain found me on Twitter after viewing a short clip from my interview with Scott Nimrod. In this interview, Iain and I discuss the controversy around the Reddit post about estimating that I created from my interview with Scott Nimrod, organizational culture in the tech industry, the dogma of transformation in agile practices, and considerations for the career of growing developers. Follow Iain on Twitter where he provides a lot of great advice and support for budding software developers: https://twitter.com/realilowe Iain also has a YouTube channel you can check out: https://www.youtube.com/user/iainlowe Join my Patreon:  https://thrivingtechnologist.com/patreon Learn about one-on-one career coaching with me: https://thrivingtechnologist.com/coaching TechRolepedia, a wiki about the top 25 roles in tech:  https://thrivingtechnologist.com/techroles The Thriving Technologist career guide:  https://thrivingtechnologist.com/guide You can also watch this episode on YouTube.  Visit me at thrivingtechnologist.com    

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