Mitigating cognitive bias when coding
Thoughtworks Technology Podcast
Thoughtworks
4.7 • 53 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
We’re all subject to cognitive biases. And whether we’re aware of them or not, they can have a profound impact on the code we write — especially when working in an agile environment, where we have to constantly deal with uncertainties. We take a deep dive into where our biases emerge, the impacts they can have and how we can mitigate them to improve the quality of our code.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the ThoughtRex Technology Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | My name is Alexei. I'm speaking from Santiago in Chile and I will be one of your hosts this time. |
| 0:13.0 | Together with Rebecca Parsons. Hello, Rebecca. |
| 0:16.0 | Hello everyone. This is Rebecca Parsons and I am coming to you from the Pacific Northwest. And we're |
| 0:23.9 | talking to our colleague today. Birgitta, Bergita, would you like to introduce yourself? |
| 0:29.9 | Yeah, hi everybody. I'm Begitta Bockela and I am based in Germany. And I'm one of the |
| 0:36.3 | technical principles at ThoughtWorks in Germany for ThoughtWorks. |
| 0:40.3 | That's wonderful. We're very happy to have you with us this time, Brigitte. Thank you so much. |
| 0:45.3 | And the theme this time is cognitive biases. So I'm sure many people have heard of them and it's going to be thrilling to explore some |
| 0:55.1 | of the connection and impact of them to solve the development and the day-to-day life |
| 1:02.1 | of developers. |
| 1:04.3 | So we get, I know you were very passionate about the theme. |
| 1:07.8 | I personally seen a couple of, at least a couple of talks that you gave on the subject. |
| 1:14.6 | Quite excited to looking forward to talk to you a little bit more on the topic. |
| 1:21.6 | We all know it's kind of a complex topic, right? |
| 1:26.6 | So maybe we can start by talking a bit about what cognitive biases are. |
| 1:32.2 | Can we start with a definition of sorts? |
| 1:35.7 | Yeah, and you're right. |
| 1:36.7 | It is a complex topic. |
| 1:38.1 | And I'm also a developer by trade, right? |
| 1:42.0 | So I'm also kind of an amateur at it, right? |
| 1:44.6 | But I think it's becoming more and more commonly talked about. |
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