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Alan Carter
Software Engineer, Consultant

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Alan Carter built a gelled team by accident in 1987. After 20 years of trial and error, guiding teams at organizations like British Telecom, Sequent, ICL, UK Defence Research Agency, BNR and Utell International he finally thinks he knows how to bake a cake.

He currently lives and works in Brussels, but prefers to telework from the Spanish Mediterranean when he can. His Geek Code is:

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10:45am Thursday, 07/24/2008

The Effects of Stress on Programmers' and Groups' Performance

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Alan Carter (Consultant)

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Open source projects have much lower management and process overhead than commercial efforts. When commercial teams "gell" they can achieve huge productivity gains across the product lifecycle. Recent neuroscience shows that stress impairs cognition in ways that fit precisely with practical experience. By reducing stress and building self-confidence we can improve productivity. Read more.