Tom Zimmermann's guest appearances

Tom Zimmermann

Microsoft Research Podcast

Empirical Software Engineering Banter

Chris White

Max Welling

Peter Lee

Peyton Jones

Kevin Scott

Amos Miller

Brad Smith

Nathalie Riche

Greg Wilson

Ben Zorn

Nicole Forsgren

Layla El Asri

Desmond Patton

Mark Hamilton

Jennifer Chayes

OwlTail

Dr. Tom Zimmermann visits our course on empirical software engineering and discusses his many years of research on developer productivity with us.     We discuss what makes for a productive day from a developer's perspective, how time spent programming relates to perceived developer productivity, how individual and team productivity may have to be balanced, the role work environment and team culture plays on productivity and what we can learn (and can't learn) from "fitbit" type data and surveys. Tom also shares some secrets of his research success and this started with his master's thesis.   This Q&amp;A was recorded live as part of a workshop on Developer Productivity,  at a Senior Topics Course in Empirical Software Engineering at the University of Victoria on Nov 20th, 2020. This Q&amp;A is also available on YouTube.

Dr. Tom Zimmermann visits our course on empirical software engineering and discusses his many years of research on developer productivity with us.     We discuss what makes for a productive day from a developer's perspective, how time spent programming relates to perceived developer productivity, how individual and team productivity may have to be balanced, the role work environment and team culture plays on productivity and what we can learn (and can't learn) from "fitbit" type data and surveys. Tom also shares some secrets of his research success and this started with his master's thesis.   This Q&amp;A was recorded live as part of a workshop on Developer Productivity,  at a <a href="https://github.com/margaretstorey/EmseUvic2020" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Senior Topics Course in Empirical Software Engineering</a> at the University of Victoria on Nov 20th, 2020. This Q&amp;A is also available on <a href="https://youtu.be/hA4QbkraKn4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.

The Many Faces of Software Developer Productivity: A Q&A with Tom ZimmermannDr. Tom Zimmermann visits our course on empirical software engineering and discusses his many years of research on developer

This episode originally aired in May, 2019. If you’re in software development, Dr. Tom Zimmermann, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond, wants you to be more productive, and he’s here to help. How, you might ask? Well, while productivity can be hard to measure, his research in the Empirical Software Engineering group is attempting to do just that by using insights from actual data, rather than just gut feelings, to improve the software development process. On today’s podcast, Dr. Zimmermann talks about why we need to rethink productivity in software engineering, explains why work environments matter, tells us how AI and machine learning are impacting traditional software workflows, and reveals the difference between a typical day and a good day in the life of a software developer, and what it would take to make a good day typical!

This episode originally aired in May, 2019. If you’re in software development, Dr. Tom Zimmermann, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond, wants you to be more productive, and he’s here to help. How, you might ask? Well, while productivity can be hard to measure, his research in the Empirical Software Engineering group is attempting to do just that by using insights from actual data, rather than just gut feelings, to improve the software development process. On today’s podcast, Dr. Zimmermann talks about why we need to rethink productivity in software engineering, explains why work environments matter, tells us how AI and machine learning are impacting traditional software workflows, and reveals the difference between a typical day and a good day in the life of a software developer, and what it would take to make a good day typical!

077r - The productive software engineer with Dr. Tom Zimmermann

If you’re in software development, Dr. Tom Zimmermann, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond, wants you to be more productive, and he’s here to help. How, you might ask? Well, while productivity can be hard to measure, his research in the Empirical Software Engineering group is attempting to do just that by using insights from actual data, rather than just gut feelings, to improve the software development process. On today’s podcast, Dr. Zimmermann talks about why we need to rethink productivity in software engineering, explains why work environments matter, tells us how AI and machine learning are impacting traditional software workflows, and reveals the difference between a typical day and a good day in the life of a software developer, and what it would take to make a good day typical!

If you’re in software development, Dr. Tom Zimmermann, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond, wants you to be more productive, and he’s here to help. How, you might ask? Well, while productivity can be hard to measure, his research in the Empirical Software Engineering group is attempting to do just that by using insights from actual data, rather than just gut feelings, to improve the software development process. On today’s podcast, Dr. Zimmermann talks about why we need to rethink productivity in software engineering, explains why work environments matter, tells us how AI and machine learning are impacting traditional software workflows, and reveals the difference between a typical day and a good day in the life of a software developer, and what it would take to make a good day typical!