Ivett Ördög | SpeakerHub

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Bio

Ivett Ördög is a public speaker and the creator of Lean Poker, a gamified devops training tool that teaches agile, lean and continuous deployment practices to developers. She is based in Bavaria, Germany and has over 15 years of experience in software development and leadership. She is passionate about innovation, collaboration and learning, and enjoys sharing her knowledge and insights with others. She also runs a YouTube channel called Leaders Workshop, where she helps aspiring engineering leaders to grow their skills and confidence through practical advice and real-life stories.

Current position (1)

Creator, founder and facilitator

Lean Poker

Degrees (2)

PhD. School of Informatics, Bioinformatics

Eötvös Lóránd University

2005 to 2010

M. Sc. Degree, Mathematics

Eötvös Lóránd University

2000 to 2005

Presentations

Presentations (6)

Sustaining the Engineering Culture in Hyper Growth

In this session, I'll unveil the story behind an internal Bootcamp I developed at a previous company, crafted not just to familiarize new engineers with our systems but to deeply immerse them in our core practices and principles. This approach ensured the preservation of our culture's integrity even amidst rapid scaling. It's a story not just about growth but about growing correctly. Attendees, whether leaders in burgeoning startups or engineers in expanding teams, will gain practical strategies for nurturing a vibrant culture at every growth stage, without sacrificing innovation to standardized procedures.

I implemented Game of Life 100+ times! Let's explore the 3 most interesting takes...

Explore a mind bending feature of functional programming, how you can easily get started with GPU programming, and learn about under appreciated SQL features that you didn't know you need.

Having facilitated code retreats for years, I’ve witnessed a myriad of solutions to a single, seemingly straightforward problem: Conway’s Game of Life. While varying constraints often lead to different approaches, the most intriguing aspect lies in the valuable lessons these solutions impart, shaping our programming practices for years to come. Join me as we delve into three distinct implementations of this captivating problem. If you join me for this session, you'll have 3 new tools under your belt to write code that impress your colleagues.

How to sell a big refactor or rewrite to the business?

We'll delve into real-world case studies where companies have successfully navigated their technical debt, uncovering crucial insights. Specifically, we will identify two key properties of these successful rewrites that can make or break your efforts. Understanding these properties enables us to strategically manage technical debt without losing our competitive edge. This session is not just a theoretical discussion but a practical guide, concluding with a decision-making quadrant to help determine the most effective approach for your team's refactor or rewrite projects. Whether you're leading a team through growth or coaching developers on best practices, this talk will equip you with a deeper understanding and actionable insights into one of the most critical aspects of software development.

Resilient Microservices Against All Odds

Tired of firefighting when a downstream service throws a curveball? We were too, so we figured out a way to build microservices that expect the unexpected. In this talk, I'll share our journey from fragile systems to an architecture where resilience is the norm, not the exception.

Get an honest glimpse into our early microservices struggles – how our initial approaches led to chaos, and the breakthrough architectural pattern that changed everything.

This talk isn’t just a war story; it’s a blueprint for resilience. You'll walk away with a transformative pattern that you can immediately apply to your systems, turning potential disasters into manageable events.

Leading with Authenticity

If your decisions are not based on your values, your values will become a reflection of your decisions.

This talk is about the intricacies of making tough decisions. Decisions that carry significant weight and are often irreversible. It's a journey of confronting and making one of the hardest decisions of my personal life – a decision that profoundly impacted my professional leadership and delved deep into the realm of personal identity and values. This experience fundamentally changed how I approach decision-making.

The session transcends traditional leadership narratives. It’s about the power of personal authenticity, the strength in embracing vulnerability, and the significance of making tough, values-aligned choices. This talk is a tale of courage, resilience, and, most importantly, how to make decisions you'll never regret. And in case you wonder: I eventually decided to come out as trans...

Lean Poker: Master Short Lead Times

This workshop is ideal for software engineers and engineering leaders feeling the burn of relentless demands, as well as agile or technical coaches seeking impactful ways to foster team development.