Adam Johnson

🦄 I’m a Django contributor and member of its Security Team , a PSF Fellow , and a co-organizer of Django London . I was a member of the Django Steering Council through the 2.x to 5.x release cycles.

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Expectations of professional software engineers

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In a 2019 talk/rant titled “Everyone Watching This Is Fired”, games industry veteran Mike Acton rattled off a sample of 50 things he expects of developers he works with. The title refers to his tongue-in-cheek suggestion that anyone who doesn’t meet all these requirements would be immediately fired.