Jay Fields
Jay Fields is the author of Working Effectively with Unit Tests, an author of Refactoring: Ruby Edition, and a Software Engineer at DRW Trading.
He has a passion for discovering and maturing innovative solutions. He has worked as both a full-time employee and as a consultant for many years. The two environments are very different; however, a constant in Jay’s career has been his focus on how to deliver more with less.
Talks I've Given
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Lessons Learned from Adopting Clojure
Featuring Jay Fields
Five years ago DRW Trading was primarily a Java shop, and I was primarily developing in Ruby. Needless to say, it wasn’t a match made in heaven. Fast forward five years, Clojure is the second most used language in the firm, and the primary language for several teams (including mine)....
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Lessons Learned from Adopting Clojure
Featuring Jay Fields
Five years ago DRW Trading was primarily a Java shop, and I was primarily developing in Ruby. Needless to say, it wasn’t a match made in heaven. Fast forward five years, Clojure is the second most used language in the firm, and the primary language for several teams (including mine)....
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Lessons Learned from Adopting Clojure
Featuring Jay Fields
Five years ago DRW Trading was primarily a Java shop, and I was primarily developing in Ruby. Needless to say, it wasn’t a match made in heaven. Fast forward five years, Clojure is the second most used language in the firm, and the primary language for several teams (including mine)....
languages